Douglas Vrolijk
City of St Catharines/Fire Fighter (1st Class)
2025 Salary
$127,574Total compensation $128,366, including $793 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
#179City of St Catharines
Years on List
42022–2025
Peak Salary
$127,5742025
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2022–2025
$111,742 in 2022 is worth about $121,350 in 2025 dollars.
| Year | Position | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fire Fighter (1st Class)City Of St Catharines | $127,574Benefits $793Total $128,366 |
| 2024 | Fire Fighter (1st Class)City Of St Catharines | $126,068Benefits $703Total $126,771 |
| 2023 | Fire Fighter (2nd Class)City Of St Catharines | $109,448Benefits $587Total $110,035 |
| 2022 | Fire Fighter (3rd Class)City Of St Catharines | $111,742Benefits $433Total $112,176 |
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Take-home on Douglas Vrolijk's 2025 salary of $127,574 comes to roughly $91,178 once federal and Ontario income tax (about 24.2% effective) is deducted. Within City of St Catharines, Douglas Vrolijk's total compensation of $128,366 was the #179 of 305, against a median salary of $131,933. Douglas Vrolijk has appeared on the list 4 times since 2022. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$91,178
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~24.2%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~28.5%
- vs. 2025 First Class Firefighter median
- −3%
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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.