Internship Salaries

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

2023 Undergraduate Intern Wages

ARTS & HUMANITIES AVERAGE
All departments $34,121
High: $40,094 / Low: $29,120
ENGINEERING  AVERAGE
Chemical / Biochemical $55,040
High: $82,320 / Low: $38,730
Civil / Environmental $44,752
High: $59,280 / Low: $36,400
Computer / Software $52,390
High: $83,200 / Low: $37,440
Electrical $52,829
High: $72,150 / Low: $38,966
Mechanical / Mechatronic Systems / Integrated $51,272
High: $83,200 / Low: $39,000
INFORMATION & MEDIA STUDIES  AVERAGE 
All programs $34,008
High: $42,328 / Low: $29,822
MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES AVERAGE

1. Accounting
2. Consumer Behaviour (Marketing)
3. Finance
4. Human Resources
5. Management & Legal Studies

$41,875
High: $60,000 / Low: $23,296
SCIENCE AVERAGE
Actuarial Science / Financial Modelling / Mathematics / Statistics / Data Science $50,706
High: $60,320 / Low: $37,050
Computer Science $49,940
High: $76,107 / Low: $32,874
Biology / Cell Biology / Medical Sciences / Microbiology & Immunology / Genetics / Physiology & Pharmacology / Biochemistry $42,261
High: $68,725 / Low: $28,500
Chemistry $41,743
High: $45,000 / Low: $37,440
Environmental Science & Earth Science $39,520
High: $39,520 / Low: $39,520
Physics $42,634
High: $52,000 / Low: $38,220
SOCIAL SCIENCE (LONG-TERM) AVERAGE
All departments $40,805
High: $53,872 / Low: $31,616
SOCIAL SCIENCE (SHORT-TERM) AVERAGE
All departments (incl. MOS students on short-term internship) $39,543
High: $68,960 / Low: $26,624

2023 Graduate Intern Wages

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AVERAGE
Graduate Student Internship Program $48,883
High: $72,500 / Low: $30,000
Master of Data Analytics $60,400
High: $95,000 / 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) $50,330
High: $68,000 / Low: $42,000
Master of Management of Applied Science $45,800
High: $108,000 / Low: $30,000
Master of Media in Journalism and Communications $46,364
High: $62,000 / Low: $33,000
Master of Public Health (MPH) See website