Get Active in Our Amazing Community of Over 448,000 Peers!

Schedule mock interviews on the Meeting Board, join the latest community discussions in our Consulting Q&A and find like-minded Case Partners to connect and practice with!

McKinsey Salary - Canada

Experienced Hire Toronto
New answer on Sep 10, 2020
5 Answers
6.2 k Views
Yevgeni asked on Aug 31, 2020

Hello,

Can anyone share some ballpark numbers for an associate salary range in Toronto?

I am applying as an experience hire, and while the numbers for the USA are semi-public, I can't find much information regarding Canada. I assume that the salary is different between USA and Canada.

Appreciate any insights you might have

Overview of answers

Upvotes
  • Upvotes
  • Date ascending
  • Date descending
Best answer
Sidi
Expert
replied on Aug 31, 2020
McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

Hi!

Below Senior Partner level, the Firm roughly pro-rates its salary levels across countries according to aggregate cost of living data. So if you have the US data, you can easily infer a ballpark number for Canada after researching cost of living data at PPP.

Cheers, Sidi

Was this answer helpful?
Antonello
Expert
Content Creator
replied on Sep 10, 2020
McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching

Hi Yevgeni, I know Canadian salaries are comparable with US offices

Best,
Antonello

Was this answer helpful?
Anonymous A replied on Sep 02, 2020

Hi Yevgeni,

I received an associate offer yesterday. The numbers I recieved are much higher than the answers you've gotten so far or than the cost of living would suggest.

Specifically, the base was 15% over commonly reported US numbers from 2020, in CAD of course. The signing bonus is the same as the US as is the performance max, but the retirement contribution is a % of your salary - half of the max contribution in Canada.

Hope this helps!

Was this answer helpful?
2
Luca
Expert
Content Creator
replied on Sep 02, 2020
BCG |NASA | SDA Bocconi & Cattolica partner | GMAT expert 780/800 score | 200+ students coached

Hello,

Other experts have already answered, but next time try to take a look at Glassdoor, it is quite useful to find information like this.

Best,
Luca

Was this answer helpful?
Ian
Expert
Content Creator
replied on Sep 01, 2020
#1 BCG coach | MBB | Tier 2 | Digital, Tech, Platinion | 100% personal success rate (8/8) | 95% candidate success rate

Hi Yevgeni,

Lucky for you I have seen those figures around recently :) (Take with a grain of salt of course).

My understanding for a Senior Associate role at McKinsey Canada is:

Base: 120k CAD

Performance Bonus: 40k CAD

Signing Bonus: 25k CAD

Annual Total Comp: 160k CAD

US generally pays about 25k more USD base and 5k less in signing bonus.

Of course, this could vary based on your background, negotiations, etc.

Was this answer helpful?
How likely are you to recommend us to a friend or fellow student?
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
0 = Not likely
10 = Very likely