Richard Leest
Regional Municipality of York/Director Information Technology Services
2025 Salary
$218,464Total compensation $219,134, including $670 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
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At a Glance
2025
Employer Rank
#26Regional Municipality of York
Years on List
202003–2025
Peak Salary
$218,4642025
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2003–2025
$106,686 in 2003 is worth about $170,407 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Richard Leest was paid $218,464 in 2025; after income tax, CPP and EI that is roughly $140,105, an effective income-tax rate of about 33.3%. The 2024 record under this name shows $209,314. Records under this name have appeared on the Sunshine List 20 years in all, first in 2003. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$140,105
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~33.3%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~35.9%
- vs. 2025 Director of Information Technology Services median
- +35%
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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.