Heather Gillespie
Legal Aid Ontario/Staff Lawyer/Avocate salariée
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
#147Legal Aid Ontario
Years on List
112015–2025
Peak Salary
$166,9582024
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2015–2025
$103,007 in 2015 is worth about $133,600 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Heather Gillespie 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%. Compared with 2024, when the figure was $166,958, that is a drop of about 8%. That is about 14% above the 2025 median of $135,051 for Staff Lawyer on the Sunshine List. Pension contributions — likely PSPP or OPTrust in the Crown Agencies sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- 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 Staff Lawyer median
- +14%
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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.