Chief Instructor Salary in Ontario (2025)
114 disclosed records, 2007–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (68%)
Last filed under this title in 2025. Fewer than 20 records in the latest Sunshine List, so this page is kept for history.
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
15
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$130,542
+6.8% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$124,196–$136,846
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$144,107
Who is the highest-paid Chief Instructor in Ontario?
The highest-paid Chief Instructor on the 2025 Sunshine List was Amanda Martikainen at Solicitor General, with a salary of $144,107; the median among the 15 listed under this title was $130,542.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $130,542, a Chief Instructor keeps roughly $92,857 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 24.6% effective), or about $7,738 a month. That is about 7% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. The middle half of Chief Instructor salaries ran from $124,196 to $136,846. Pension contributions — likely OMERS in the Municipalities & Services sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$92,857
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~24.6%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,738
Where does $130,542 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission | 9 | $130,833 | $139,114 | Pay here → |
| Solicitor General | 5 | $123,414 | $144,107 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amanda Martikainen | Solicitor General | Chief Instructor | $144,107 | $144,283 |
| 2 | Sakirthan Lavakeswaran | City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission | Chief Instructor | $139,114 | $139,526 |
| 3 | Christine O'Neill-Hawthorne | Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness | Chief Instructor | $137,379 | $137,546 |
| 4 | Pierre Fournier | City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission | Chief Instructor | $136,846 | $137,281 |
| 5 | Stephan Boston | City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission | Chief Instructor | $134,423 | $134,859 |
| 6 | Desmond Rowley | City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission | Chief Instructor | $132,853 | $133,289 |
| 7 | David Kuehlein | City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission | Chief Instructor | $130,833 | $131,269 |
| 8 | Murray Conn | City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission | Chief Instructor | $130,542 | $130,898 |
| 9 | Jason Albom | City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission | Chief Instructor | $130,528 | $130,959 |
| 10 | James Kavanagh | City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission | Chief Instructor | $130,461 | $130,897 |
By Year
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- Constable5,795
- Firefighter5,399
- Police Constable4,778
- Operator3,992
- Primary Care Paramedic2,883
- Sergeant1,600
- Captain1,385
- Plainclothes Police Constable1,286
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.