Internship/Co-op Salaries
Note: these are starting salaries. Many compensation packages have built-in increases based on length of employment and/or performance.
2025 Undergraduate Intern/Co-op Wages
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | AVERAGE |
|---|---|
| All programs | $36,510 |
| High: $45,000 / Low: $32,669 | |
| ENGINEERING | AVERAGE |
| Chemical / Biochemical Engineering | $56,454 |
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High: $82,320 / Low: $33,124 |
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| Civil / Environmental Engineering | $50,688 |
| High: $87,776 / Low: $34,580 | |
| Software Engineering | $53,791 |
| High: $99,840 / Low: $32,669 | |
| Electrical Engineering | $55,134 |
| High: $96,252 / Low: $32,669 | |
| Mechanical Engineering | $52,423 |
| High: $89,523 / Low: $32,669 | |
| Mechatronic Systems Engineering | $52,250 |
| High: $99,346 / Low: $35,100 | |
| Integrated Engineering | $49,532 |
| High: $52,936 / Low: $36,400 | |
| INFORMATION & MEDIA STUDIES | AVERAGE |
| All programs | Email macs@uwo.ca |
| SCIENCE | AVERAGE |
| Actuarial Science / Financial Modelling / Mathematics / Statistics / Data Science | $53,383 |
| High: $71,663 / Low: $35,872 | |
| Computer Science | $52,582 |
| High: $74,691 / Low: $32,669 | |
| Biology / Cell Biology / Medical Sciences / Microbiology & Immunology / Genetics / Physiology & Pharmacology / Biochemistry | $43,575 |
| High: $64,584 / Low: $32,669 | |
| Chemistry | $46,337 |
| High: $53,976 / Low: $36,738 | |
| Environmental Science & Earth Science | $43,514 |
| High: $72,722 / Low: $33,000 | |
| Physics | $52,842 |
| High: $64,584 / Low: $43,600 | |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE | AVERAGE |
| All departments (Including Management & Organizational Studies (MOS) students) | $45,195 |
| High: $79,144 / Low: $32,669 |
2025 Graduate Intern/Co-op Wages
| INTERNSHIP/CO-OP PROGRAM | AVERAGE |
|---|---|
| Graduate Student Internship Program | $48,883 |
| High: $72,500 / Low: $32,669 | |
| Master of Data Analytics | $57,000 |
| High: $90,000 / Low: $33,000 | |
| Master of Environment & Sustainability | $44,629 |
| High: $75,000 / Low: $27,300 | |
| Master of Financial Economics | Contact: mfe@uwo.ca |
| Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) | $51,200 |
| High: $76,960 / Low: $41,080 | |
| Master of Management of Applied Science | $44,942 |
| High: $80,000 / Low: $32,760 | |
| Master of Media in Journalism and Communications | $52,000 |
| High: $81,000 / Low: $37,440 | |
| Master of Public Health (MPH) | See website |
