Internship Salaries

Note: these are starting salaries. Many compensation packages have built-in increases based on length of employment and/or performance.

2024 Undergraduate Intern Wages

ARTS & HUMANITIES AVERAGE
All departments $36,510
High: $37,440 / Low: $35,581
ENGINEERING  AVERAGE
Chemical / Biochemical Engineering $51,851
High: $70,726 / Low: $33,979
Civil / Environmental Engineering $47,560
High: $70,596 / Low: $37,056
Software Engineering $51,856
High: $71,817 / Low: $36,440
Electrical Engineering $53,513
High: $70,726 / Low: $42,900
Mechanical Engineering $52,737
High: $84,510 / Low: $39,000
Mechatronic Systems Engineering $51,349
High: $63,960 / Low: $41,080
Intergrated Engineering $51,480
High: $52,000 / Low: $50,960
INFORMATION & MEDIA STUDIES  AVERAGE 
All programs Email macs@uwo.ca
SCIENCE AVERAGE
Actuarial Science / Financial Modelling / Mathematics / Statistics / Data Science $53,407
High: $66,885 / Low: $35,872
Computer Science $51,515
High: $74,690 / Low: $32,760
Biology / Cell Biology / Medical Sciences / Microbiology & Immunology / Genetics / Physiology & Pharmacology / Biochemistry $41,945
High: $62,400 / Low: $31,121
Chemistry $47,040
High: $53,976 / Low: $39,000
Environmental Science & Earth Science $42,208
High: $47,151 / Low: $36,400
Physics $48,788
High: $53,976 / Low: $43,600
SOCIAL SCIENCE (LONG-TERM) AVERAGE
All departments (Including Management & Organizational Studies (MOS) students) $39,378
High: $59,406 / Low: $41,073
SOCIAL SCIENCE (SHORT-TERM) AVERAGE
All departments (including Management & Organizational Studies (MOS) students) $41,209
High: $74,997 / Low: $30,121

2024 Graduate Intern Wages

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AVERAGE
Graduate Student Internship Program $48,883
High: $72,500 / Low: $30,000
Master of Data Analytics $55,800
High: $110,000 / Low: $33,000
Master of Environment & Sustainability $44,629
High: $75,000 / Low: $27,300
Master of Financial Economics See website
Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) $51,200
High: $76,960 / Low: $41,080
Master of Management of Applied Science $45,600
High: $77,000 / Low: $33,000
Master of Media in Journalism and Communications $50,000
High: $81,494 / Low: $41,600
Master of Public Health (MPH) See website