Karen Spencer
Children's Aid Society of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo/Executive Director
2023 Salary — last year on the list
$134,683Total compensation $135,256, including $572 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
2023
Employer Rank
#4Children's Aid Society of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Years on List
162008–2023
Peak Salary
$169,4942022
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2008–2023
$105,280 in 2008 is worth about $151,508 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2023 estimate
Of the $134,683 Karen Spencer earned in 2023, roughly $93,872 would remain after income tax, CPP and EI, an all-in deduction rate of about 30.3%. For comparison, the median Executive Director on the 2023 list was paid $129,590; this salary is about 4% more. It is down about 21% from the $169,494 paid in 2022. 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
- ~$93,872
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~26.8%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$4,756
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~30.3%
- vs. 2023 Executive Director median
- +4%
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Estimate only: 2023 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.