Chief of Staff Salary in Ontario (2025)
1,054 disclosed records, 1998–2025 · mostly Government of Ontario – Ministries (44%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
99
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$160,156
+31.0% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$131,282–$193,846
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$464,339
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Chief of Staff" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Chief of Staff" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Syed Zaki Ahmed at Humber River Health, with a salary of $464,339; the median among the 99 listed under this title was $160,156.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Chief of Staff median of $160,156 comes to about 28.2%, leaving roughly $109,474 a year — about $9,123 a month. The 2025 list carries 99 people grouped under the title Chief of Staff. The middle half of Chief of Staff salaries ran from $131,282 to $193,846. Most Government of Ontario – Ministries employees belong to PSPP or OPTrust, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$109,474
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~28.2%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~31.6%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,123
Where does $160,156 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
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syed Zaki AhmedChief of Staff | $464,339 | $475,269 |
| 2 | Virginia RothChief of Staff/Médecin-chef | $404,619 | $416,430 |
| 3 | Pankaj BhatiaChief of Staff / Médecin -chef | $394,591 | $394,591 |
| 4 | Philip WelfordChief of Staff / Chef(fe) de direction | $369,428 | $370,233 |
| 5 | David McconachieChief of Staff | $326,107 | $326,107 |
| 6 | Dr. Shaun McguireChief of Staff / Médecin-chef | $323,917 | $324,189 |
| 7 | Chantal D'Aoust-BernardMédecin-cheffe/Chief of Staff | $313,041 | $313,980 |
| 8 | Wassim SaadChief of Staff / Chef d'équipe | $309,918 | $311,848 |
| 9 | Katalin KovacsChief of Staff | $297,012 | $297,012 |
| 10 | Dr. Bradley JacobsonChief of Staff / Médecin-chef | $282,381 | $285,951 |
By Year
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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.