Melissa Shepherd
Legal Aid Ontario/Executive Director, Enterprise Strategy Management/Directrice générale, Gestion des stratégies
2025 Salary
$156,935Total compensation $159,099, including $2,164 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
#78Legal Aid Ontario
Years on List
22024–2025
Peak Salary
$156,9352025
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2024–2025
$149,350 in 2024 is worth about $152,413 in 2025 dollars.
| Year | Position | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Executive Director, Enterprise Strategy Management/Directrice générale, Gestion des stratégiesLegal Aid Ontario | $156,935Benefits $2,164Total $159,099 |
| 2024 | Program Manager, Strategy and Integrated Planning/ Chef de programme, stratégie et planification intégréeLegal Aid Ontario | $149,350Benefits $849Total $150,199 |
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Of the $156,935 Melissa Shepherd earned in 2025, roughly $107,702 would remain after income tax, CPP and EI, an all-in deduction rate of about 31.4%. Within Legal Aid Ontario, Melissa Shepherd's total compensation of $159,099 was the #78 of 597, against a median salary of $138,741. That is about 5% more than the $149,350 paid in 2024. Pension contributions — likely PSPP or OPTrust in the Crown Agencies sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$107,702
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~27.9%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~31.4%
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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.