Australia: $131,483, Canada: $118,483, US: $106,772. In oil and gas industry, average salary in Canada, esp. in Alberta, is higher than that number $118,483 and also higher than the US average in the same industry. The salary survey may not be very accurate, but it is indicative. Other than the surveys, we really don't know who is making how much. As you can see, there is no myth that the average salaries are higher in the US than in Canada. Individually we can make much more than the average income, it's all about our individual positions and the particular industries that we are in. We hope we could make 10% more on average in the US than what we do in Canada (apparently we are not based on the surveys) because we are deducting the employee portion of medical insurance from our pay checks.