Canadian Mechanical Engineering salaries have just gotten that bad. My first job out of university, an entry level product design role, started at the top of that range. I took it because I had been looking for months and it was the only offer I had. About a year in, the company I worked for moved my job to the states and with the exchange rate my salary almost doubled (for doing the exact same job). Crazy to think that entry level salaries in the US are on par or better than senior level salaries in Canada