Carpenter Salary in Ontario (2025)
207 disclosed records, 2010–2025 · mostly School Boards (74%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
71
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$106,497
-12.9% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$102,763–$113,241
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$156,657
Who is the highest-paid Carpenter in Ontario?
The highest-paid Carpenter on the 2025 Sunshine List was Christopher Macdonald at University Of Toronto, with a salary of $156,657; the median among the 71 listed under this title was $106,497.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $106,497, a Carpenter keeps roughly $78,476 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 21.1% effective), or about $6,540 a month. The middle half of Carpenter salaries ran from $102,763 to $113,241. That is about 13% below the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. 71 people were listed under this title in 2025. After pension contributions (probably OTPP for teachers or OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$78,476
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~21.1%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$6,540
Where does $106,497 rank on the Sunshine List? →
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.
Median by Year
2005–2025
Median salary paid among disclosed records. 2023 is absent: job titles were not disclosed that year. Years with fewer than five people are omitted.
Where They Work
2025 · employers with 5+
| Employer | People | Median | Top | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto District School Board | 53 | $106,497 | $127,808 | Pay here → |
| City of Toronto | 8 | $117,107 | $135,210 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Macdonald | University Of Toronto | Carpenter | $156,657 | $156,805 |
| 2 | John Maguire | City Of Toronto | Carpenter | $135,210 | $135,210 |
| 3 | Michael Johnson | City Of Toronto | Carpenter | $134,093 | $134,093 |
| 4 | Luciano Becevello | University Of Toronto | Carpenter | $132,703 | $132,773 |
| 5 | Michael Shulman | Toronto District School Board | Carpenter | $127,808 | $131,768 |
| 6 | Sean Andrews | Toronto District School Board | Carpenter | $125,562 | $125,562 |
| 7 | David Scavuzzo | Toronto District School Board | Carpenter | $123,377 | $123,377 |
| 8 | Richard Maclellan | City Of Hamilton | Carpenter | $121,621 | $122,604 |
| 9 | Shane Wickens | City Of Toronto | Carpenter | $121,324 | $121,324 |
| 10 | Stephan Schenk | Toronto District School Board | Carpenter | $120,907 | $120,907 |
By Year
Related Positions
About these figures
Source: Ontario’s Public Sector Salary Disclosure (the “Sunshine List”), which names every public-sector employee paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year. Figures are disclosed salaries, not market compensation: anyone in this position earning under $100,000 does not appear, so medians here sit above the true median for the job.
Medians and percentiles use salary paid (benefits excluded), computed over records whose filed job title was normalized into this position. Titles are as each employer filed them; spellings, word order and bilingual forms are merged. Employers and years with fewer than five people show counts only. 2023: job titles were not disclosed, so that year has no position data.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.