Data Specialist Salary in Ontario (2025)
47 disclosed records, 2016–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (62%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
22
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$116,957
-4.3% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$107,364–$119,129
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$129,962
Who is the highest-paid Data Specialist in Ontario?
The highest-paid Data Specialist on the 2025 Sunshine List was Marie Josephe M. Manève at La Corporation Du Conseil Des Ministres De L'education Canada (CMEC), with a salary of $129,962; the median among the 22 listed under this title was $116,957.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Data Specialist median of $116,957 comes to about 22.5%, leaving roughly $85,169 a year — about $7,097 a month. 22 people were listed under this title in 2025. That is about 4% below the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. The middle half of Data Specialist salaries ran from $107,364 to $119,129. Most Municipalities & Services employees belong to OMERS, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$85,169
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~22.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,097
Where does $116,957 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 | 18 | $116,631 | $126,146 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie Josephe M. Manève | La Corporation Du Conseil Des Ministres De L'education Canada (CMEC) | Data Specialist | $129,962 | $130,941 |
| 2 | Thanh Hai Ta | Ontario Securities Commission | Data Specialist / Spécialiste de données | $128,961 | $129,631 |
| 3 | Peter Lyons | City Of Toronto | Data Specialist | $126,146 | $126,939 |
| 4 | Sarah Cannon | City Of Toronto | Data Specialist | $123,993 | $124,780 |
| 5 | Stephanie Needham | Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre | Data Specialist / Coordonnatrice du triage chirurgical et de la qualité des données | $121,575 | $122,094 |
| 6 | Spencer Kelly | City Of Toronto | Data Specialist | $119,129 | $119,879 |
| 7 | Ryan Daley | City Of Toronto | Data Specialist | $118,995 | $119,711 |
| 8 | Jesse Terhorst | City Of Toronto | Data Specialist | $118,720 | $119,485 |
| 9 | Nathan Wessel | City Of Toronto | Data Specialist | $118,147 | $118,889 |
| 10 | Shelley Alleyne | Independent Electricity System Operator | Data Specialist / Spécialiste des données | $117,677 | $117,921 |
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. 2023: job titles were not disclosed, so that year has no position data.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.