01Salary report

Full-stack Engineer salary in Vancouver.

Live salary data from Adzuna, calibrated against Hustle Report member submissions. Updated daily.

02Distribution

The 25 / 50 / 75 percentile band.

25th percentile

CA$94,500

Median (50th)

CA$124,000

Calibrated estimate

75th percentile

CA$163,500

Percentiles describe a snapshot of advertised salaries. Real take-home depends on tax band, pension contributions and bonuses. Hustle Report members can plug their actual numbers into the in-app calculator for a precise picture.

03Market context

Full-stack Engineer market in Vancouver.

Full-stack engineering remains the most-hired engineering archetype globally. Premium pay flows to engineers who can own a feature end-to-end (data model → API → frontend → analytics) without handoffs. Side hustle pricing is per-feature: typical greenfield-startup feature builds run £4,000-£12,000.

Vancouver specifically: Vancouver hosts Canada's strongest gaming and creative-tech cluster, plus a growing AI and biotech presence. Salaries are slightly below Toronto for tech but cost of housing is the highest in Canada.

04Side income on top

Members in this role typically add CA$13,800/year.

Modeled on a conservative 4 hours/week of contract work at the role's implied hourly equivalent (CA$69/hr). The Hustle Report Monday editorial finds the briefs and ranks them by fit so the time stays small.

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