Leigh Harkins
Ontario Tech University/Professor
2025 Salary
$172,226Total compensation $172,526, including $301 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
#146Ontario Tech University
Years on List
122014–2025
Peak Salary
$175,0962024
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2014–2025
$101,252 in 2014 is worth about $132,793 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Leigh Harkins was paid $172,226 in 2025; after income tax, CPP and EI that is roughly $116,116, an effective income-tax rate of about 29.4%. For comparison, the median Professor on the 2025 list was paid $135,910; this salary is about 27% more. Records under this name have appeared on the Sunshine List 12 years in all, first in 2014. 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
- ~$116,116
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.4%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~32.6%
- vs. 2025 Professor median
- +27%
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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.