To start your career at CX and immediately be based in NA you would have to be a direct hire Freighter F/O. Canadian bases are scarce and only open when a shortage of pilots occurs and they are targeting Canadians (IE. Vancouver and Toronto bases). Most new hires are offered US bases and therefore paid in US dollars. A freighter F/O new hire US based was about 62K USD and a CDN based F/O was 80K CDN. Add to that 15.5% paid cash or in a Provident fund (RRSP like). These figures are about 2 years old and I did here that recently they got a descent raise.
After 4 years and transferring to the Pax fleet a US based F/O makes about 114K where a CDN F/O makes about 122K. Again add 15.5% to these figures and no raises have been given to the pax fleet in the last few years.
A US based freighter Captain starts at about 120K where a pax Captain US based starts at 182K. A freighter Captain is possible at 3-4 years where a pax Captain will take about 9-10 years.
