Karen Bolger
Community Living Essex County/Executive Director
2025 Salary
$115,655Total compensation $116,155, including $500 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
#2Community Living Essex County
Years on List
102016–2025
Peak Salary
$155,3002024
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2016–2025
$100,445 in 2016 is worth about $128,451 in 2025 dollars.
| Year | Position | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Executive DirectorCommunity Living Essex County | $115,655Benefits $500Total $116,155 |
| 2024 | Executive DirectorCommunity Living Essex County | $155,300Benefits $720Total $156,020 |
| 2023 | Executive DirectorCommunity Living Essex County | $153,906Benefits $766Total $154,672 |
| 2022 | Executive DirectorCommunity Living Essex County | $150,019Benefits $746Total $150,765 |
| 2021 | Executive DirectorCommunity Living Essex County | $153,448Benefits $721Total $154,169 |
| 2020 | Executive DirectorCommunity Living Essex County | $151,815Benefits $633Total $152,447 |
| 2019 | Executive DirectorCommunity Living Essex County | $139,605Benefits $0Total $139,605 |
| 2018 | Executive DirectorCommunity Living Essex County | $130,337Benefits $472Total $130,809 |
| 2017 | Director Community Living OperationCommunity Living Essex County | $105,717Benefits $348Total $106,065 |
| 2016 | Director, Community Living OperationsCommunity Living Essex County | $100,445Benefits $312Total $100,757 |
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Of the $115,655 Karen Bolger earned in 2025, roughly $84,423 would remain after income tax, CPP and EI, an all-in deduction rate of about 27.0%. Compared with 2024, when the figure was $155,300, that is a drop of about 26%. For comparison, the median Executive Director on the 2025 list was paid $138,896; this salary is about 17% less. Members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less after pension contributions, which this estimate leaves out.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$84,423
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~22.2%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~27.0%
- vs. 2025 Executive Director median
- −17%
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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.