Department Head Salary in Ontario (2025)
9,816 disclosed records, 2003–2025 · mostly School Boards (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
580
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$125,129
+2.3% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$124,242–$129,143
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$148,795
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Department Head" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Department Head" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Fortunata Racco at York Catholic District School Board, with a salary of $148,795; the median among the 580 listed under this title was $125,129.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Department Head paid the 2025 median of $125,129 would take home roughly $89,794 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $7,483 a month, an all-in deduction rate of about 28.2%. 580 people were listed under this title in 2025. The middle half of Department Head salaries ran from $124,242 to $129,143. After pension contributions (probably OTPP for teachers or OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$89,794
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~23.8%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~28.2%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,483
Where does $125,129 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 |
|---|---|---|
| York Catholic District School Board | $125,129 | Pay here → |
| Ottawa Catholic School Board | $129,143 | Pay here → |
| Halton District School Board | $124,442 | Pay here → |
| Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board | $124,242 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortunata RaccoSecondary Teacher Department Head | $148,795 | $148,897 |
| 2 | Lucy AraujoSecondary Teacher Department Head | $147,620 | $147,722 |
| 3 | Josi CorreiaSecondary Teacher Department Head | $143,350 | $143,452 |
| 4 | Denise SpringDepartment Head Secondary | $143,122 | $143,122 |
| 5 | Jeffrey HargotSecondary Teacher Department Head | $141,464 | $141,566 |
| 6 | Germaine FalzoneSecondary Teacher Department Head | $141,196 | $141,298 |
| 7 | Adriano ParravaniSecondary Teacher Department Head | $140,802 | $140,904 |
| 8 | Erin Collins FitchettSecondary Teacher Department Head | $140,248 | $140,351 |
| 9 | Valerio SorginiSecondary Teacher Department Head | $139,039 | $139,141 |
| 10 | Brian LamSecondary Teacher Department Head | $137,908 | $138,010 |
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.