Farah Zaidi
Legal Aid Ontario/Duty Counsel, Family/Avocate de service en droit de la famille
2025 Salary
$154,117Total compensation $154,479, including $362 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
#176Legal Aid Ontario
Years on List
102016–2025
Peak Salary
$167,5552024
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2016–2025
$111,964 in 2016 is worth about $143,181 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Farah Zaidi was paid $154,117 in 2025; after income tax, CPP and EI that is roughly $106,151, an effective income-tax rate of about 27.5%. It is down about 8% from the $167,555 paid in 2024. That is about 8% above the 2025 median of $143,280 for Duty Counsel Family on the Sunshine List. After pension contributions (probably PSPP or OPTrust in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$106,151
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~27.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~31.1%
- vs. 2025 Duty Counsel Family median
- +8%
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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.