What student tech roles pay

From the pay ranges in open internship and co-op postings in Canada, in CAD. Each bar is the middle half of what postings state; the mark is the median.

Paid by the hour

AI and ML6 postings$53.50 an hour$31.13 to $59.38
Hardware36 postings$35.25 an hour$29.50 to $39.88
Software38 postings$32.44 an hour$29.12 to $41.13
Data engineering5 postings$26 an hour$26 to $29.50
Data and analytics3 postings$24.50 an hour$22.25 to $35.50
Security3 postings$22 an hour$21.75 to $23

Paid by the month

AI and ML3 postings$8,300 a month$6,175 to $8,980
Software5 postings$6,000 a month$4,050 to $6,750

Paid by the year

AI and ML14 postings$81k a year$81k to $81k
Hardware4 postings$79k a year$60k to $98k
Software16 postings$61k a year$61k to $87k
Data and analytics5 postings$55k a year$50k to $63k

Only postings that state a range in Canadian dollars count. A role needs at least three such postings to show. Pay is what the posting says, not what anyone was paid.