Jason Burns
Legal Aid Ontario/Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocat de service en droit criminel
2025 Salary
$139,141Total compensation $139,466, including $325 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
#297Legal Aid Ontario
Years on List
82018–2025
Peak Salary
$148,7192024
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2018–2025
$101,323 in 2018 is worth about $124,717 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Take-home on Jason Burns's 2025 salary of $139,141 comes to roughly $97,723 once federal and Ontario income tax (about 25.8% effective) is deducted. Among those listed as Duty Counsel Criminal in 2025, the median was $135,433; this salary sits about 3% above it. Jason Burns has appeared on the list 8 times since 2018. After pension contributions (probably PSPP or OPTrust in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$97,723
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~25.8%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.8%
- vs. 2025 Duty Counsel Criminal 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.