Rachel Bernhardt
Legal Aid Ontario/Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiques
2025 Salary
$134,721Total compensation $135,116, including $396 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
#329Legal Aid Ontario
Years on List
62020–2025
Peak Salary
$139,8292024
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2020–2025
$105,458 in 2020 is worth about $126,396 in 2025 dollars.
| Year | Position | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Manager of Legal Services/Cheffe des Services juridiquesLegal Aid Ontario | $134,721Benefits $396Total $135,116 |
| 2024 | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $139,829Benefits $233Total $140,062 |
| 2023 | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario / Aide juridique Ontario | $115,855Benefits $209Total $116,065 |
| 2022 | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $111,987Benefits $208Total $112,195 |
| 2021 | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $107,269Benefits $2,021Total $109,290 |
| 2020 | Duty Counsel, Criminal/Avocate de service en droit criminelLegal Aid Ontario | $105,458Benefits $208Total $105,666 |
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Take-home on Rachel Bernhardt's 2025 salary of $134,721 comes to roughly $95,223 once federal and Ontario income tax (about 25.2% effective) is deducted. That is about 13% below the 2025 median of $154,897 for Manager of Legal Services on the Sunshine List. It is down about 4% from the $139,829 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
- ~$95,223
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~25.2%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.3%
- vs. 2025 Manager of Legal Services median
- −13%
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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.