City Manager Salary in Ontario (2025)
429 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (100%)
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
14
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$327,309
+167.7% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$224,784–$351,308
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$523,925
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "City Manager" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "City Manager" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Paul Johnson at City Of Toronto, with a salary of $523,925; the median among the 14 listed under this title was $327,309.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $327,309, a City Manager keeps roughly $192,058 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 41.3% all-in), or about $16,005 a month. The 2025 list carries 14 people grouped under the title City Manager. That is about 168% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. The middle half of City Manager salaries ran from $224,784 to $351,308. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$192,058
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~39.6%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~41.3%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$16,005
Where does $327,309 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 | Paul JohnsonCity Manager | $523,925 | $540,877 |
| 2 | Wendy StephansonCity Manager | $455,234 | $463,232 |
| 3 | Geoff WrightCity Manager | $357,129 | $367,223 |
| 4 | Shari LichtermanCity Manager | $351,308 | $351,308 |
| 5 | Darlene JoslinCity Manager | $349,779 | $362,397 |
| 6 | Nick SpensieriCity Manager | $344,092 | $359,392 |
| 7 | Zoran PosticCity Manager | $335,765 | $351,065 |
| 8 | Marnie CluckieCity Manager | $318,853 | $332,681 |
| 9 | Jean Claude CollinCity Manager | $307,298 | $317,736 |
| 10 | Sandra Elaine Datars BereCity Manager | $305,012 | $315,186 |
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.