David Lea
Regional Municipality of Waterloo – Police/Constable
2025 Salary
$135,966Total compensation $136,672, including $706 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
#517Regional Municipality of Waterloo – Police
Years on List
112015–2025
Peak Salary
$135,9662025
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2015–2025
$102,739 in 2015 is worth about $133,252 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Take-home on David Lea's 2025 salary of $135,966 comes to roughly $95,927 once federal and Ontario income tax (about 25.4% effective) is deducted. It is up about 9% on the $125,131 paid in 2024. For comparison, the median Constable on the 2025 list was paid $137,992; this salary is about 1% less. David Lea has appeared on the list 11 times since 2015. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$95,927
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~25.4%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.4%
- vs. 2025 Constable median
- −1%
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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.