Brenda Cathcart
Waterloo Region District School Board/System Administrator/Learning Services
2025 Salary
$173,219Total compensation $173,321, including $102 in taxable benefits.
Source: Ontario’s Public Sector Salary Disclosure — names paid $100,000 or more that year. How we build this · Report an error on this page
At a Glance
2025
Employer Rank
#34Waterloo Region District School Board
Years on List
162010–2025
Peak Salary
$174,2732024
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2010–2025
$107,389 in 2010 is worth about $151,359 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
In 2025, Brenda Cathcart's $173,219 salary works out to roughly $116,663 after income tax, CPP and EI — an all-in deduction rate of about 32.6%. Compared with 2024, when the figure was $174,273, that is a drop of about 1%. Brenda Cathcart has appeared on the list 16 times since 2010. Most School Boards employees belong to OTPP for teachers or OMERS, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$116,663
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~32.6%
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Estimate only: 2025 federal and Ontario rates, basic personal amounts, Canada employment amount and CPP/EI credits; single, employment income only, salary treated as full-year income. Ignores pension contributions (OMERS, HOOPP, OTPP, OPTrust and similar plans lower actual take-home), union dues, RRSPs and benefits.