Chair Salary in Ontario (2025)
806 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Colleges (55%)
Records grouped under “Chair” after title normalisation — the bare title, without a level or specialty. For level-specific figures see Chair, Elementary.
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
31
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$169,676
+38.8% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$162,596–$185,150
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$240,416
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Chair" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Chair" on the 2025 Sunshine List was James Nadler at Toronto Metropolitan University, with a salary of $240,416; the median among the 31 listed under this title was $169,676.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $169,676, a Chair keeps roughly $114,713 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 32.4% all-in), or about $9,559 a month. Half of those listed earned between $162,596 and $185,150. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 39% above it. Pension contributions — likely the CAAT Pension Plan in the Colleges sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$114,713
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.1%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~32.4%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,559
Where does $169,676 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
Where They Work
2025 · employers with 5+
| Employer | Median | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology | $168,622 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James NadlerChair | $240,416 | $241,703 |
| 2 | Danielle LambChair | $220,067 | $221,294 |
| 3 | Michael KraljevicChair | $219,984 | $220,260 |
| 4 | David BouchardChair | $199,880 | $200,982 |
| 5 | Ian SpeersChair | $193,136 | $193,377 |
| 6 | Ted HiebertChair | $189,683 | $190,773 |
| 7 | Amanda NowenskyChair | $189,182 | $189,380 |
| 8 | Paola BattistonChair | $185,150 | $185,348 |
| 9 | Hadi MajzoubChair | $182,749 | $183,251 |
| 10 | Alfonsina ChangChair | $182,111 | $182,309 |
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. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.