James Gray
City of London/Firefighter
2025 Salary
$124,705Total compensation $125,242, including $537 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
#405City of London
Years on List
92017–2025
Peak Salary
$133,6122017
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2017–2025
$133,612 in 2017 is worth about $168,245 in 2025 dollars.
| Year | Position | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | FirefighterCity Of London | $124,705 |
| 2024 | Firefighter Apparatus OperatorCity Of London | $123,849 |
| 2023 | Firefighter Apparatus OperatorCity Of London | $118,985 |
| 2022 | Firefighter Apparatus OperatorCity Of London | $114,425 |
| 2021 | Firefighter Apparatus OperatorCity Of London | $112,846 |
| 2020 | Fire Apparatus OperatorCity Of London | $114,736 |
| 2019 | Fire Apparatus OperatorCity Of London | $109,365 |
| 2018 | Fire Apparatus OperatorCity of London | $103,715 |
| 2017 | First Class FirefighterCity of London | $133,612 |
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Take-home on James Gray's 2025 salary of $124,705 comes to roughly $89,554 once federal and Ontario income tax (about 23.8% effective) is deducted. At City of London, 831 people made the 2025 list with a median salary of $123,524; James Gray's total compensation of $125,242 ranked #405. James Gray has appeared on the list 9 times since 2017. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$89,554
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~23.8%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~28.2%
- vs. 2025 Firefighter median
- −5%
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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.