Tom Mikkelsen
Ontario Brain Institute/Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director
2025 Salary
$450,000Total compensation $540,054, including $90,054 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
#1Ontario Brain Institute
Years on List
112015–2025
Peak Salary
$583,0002016
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2015–2025
$137,500 in 2015 is worth about $178,337 in 2025 dollars.
| Year | Position | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Chief Executive Officer and Scientific DirectorOntario Brain Institute | $450,000Benefits $90,054Total $540,054 |
| 2024 | President and Scientific DirectorOntario Brain Institute | $450,000Benefits $27,774Total $477,774 |
| 2023 | President and Scientific DirectorOntario Brain Institute | $450,000Benefits $28,393Total $478,393 |
| 2022 | President and Scientific DirectorOntario Brain Institute | $450,000Benefits $28,393Total $478,393 |
| 2021 | President and Scientific DirectorOntario Brain Institute | $450,000Benefits $28,619Total $478,619 |
| 2020 | President and Scientific DirectorOntario Brain Institute | $450,000Benefits $28,949Total $478,949 |
| 2019 | President and Scientific DirectorOntario Brain Institute | $450,000Benefits $29,175Total $479,175 |
| 2018 | President and Scientific Director/Président et directeur scientifiqueOntario Brain Institute | $450,000Benefits $29,192Total $479,192 |
| 2017 | President and Scientific Director/Président et directeur scientifiqueOntario Brain Institute | $525,000Benefits $33,728Total $558,728 |
| 2016 | President and Scientific Director/Président et directeur scientifiqueOntario Brain Institute/Institut Ontarien Du Cerveau | $583,000Benefits $2,448Total $585,448 |
| 2015 | President and Scientific Director/Président et directeur scientifiqueOntario Brain Institute/Institut Ontarien Du Cerveau | $137,500Benefits $322Total $137,822 |
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Take-home on Tom Mikkelsen's 2025 salary of $450,000 comes to roughly $249,073 once federal and Ontario income tax (about 43.4% effective) is deducted. At Ontario Brain Institute, 12 people made the 2025 list with a median salary of $153,263; Tom Mikkelsen's total compensation of $540,054 ranked #1. That is about the same as the $450,000 paid in 2024. 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
- ~$249,073
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~43.4%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~44.7%
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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.