Steven Careless
Regional Municipality of Waterloo – Police/Constable
2025 Salary
$171,807Total compensation $172,513, including $706 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
#77Regional Municipality of Waterloo – Police
Years on List
112015–2025
Peak Salary
$171,8072025
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2015–2025
$116,885 in 2015 is worth about $151,600 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Steven Careless was paid $171,807 in 2025; after income tax, CPP and EI that is roughly $115,886, an effective income-tax rate of about 29.3%. For comparison, the median Constable on the 2025 list was paid $137,992; this salary is about 25% more. It is up about 4% on the $165,103 paid in 2024. Steven Careless has appeared on the list 11 times since 2015. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$115,886
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.3%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~32.5%
- vs. 2025 Constable median
- +25%
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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.