Dina Zalkind
Legal Aid Ontario/Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques
2025 Salary
$137,440Total compensation $137,755, including $315 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
#312Legal Aid Ontario
Years on List
72019–2025
Peak Salary
$142,3752024
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2019–2025
$101,490 in 2019 is worth about $122,535 in 2025 dollars.
| Year | Position | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiquesLegal Aid Ontario | $137,440Benefits $315Total $137,755 |
| 2024 | Policy Counsel, Criminal/Conseillère en politiques, droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $142,375Benefits $238Total $142,613 |
| 2023 | Policy Counsel, Criminal/Conseillère en politiques, droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario / Aide juridique Ontario | $117,440Benefits $213Total $117,653 |
| 2022 | Policy Counsel, Criminal/Conseillère en politiques, droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $114,382Benefits $212Total $114,594 |
| 2021 | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $111,964Benefits $2,021Total $113,985 |
| 2020 | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $109,298Benefits $215Total $109,513 |
| 2019 | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $101,490Benefits $229Total $101,720 |
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
In 2025, Dina Zalkind's $137,440 salary works out to roughly $96,762 after income tax, CPP and EI — an all-in deduction rate of about 29.6%. That is about 3% less than the $142,375 paid in 2024. For comparison, the median Manager of Legal Services on the 2025 list was paid $154,897; this salary is about 11% less. After pension contributions (probably PSPP or OPTrust in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$96,762
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~25.6%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.6%
- vs. 2025 Manager of Legal Services median
- −11%
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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.