Deputy Minister Salary in Ontario (2025)
744 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Government of Ontario – Ministries (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
34
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$372,709
+204.8% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$342,853–$403,370
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$537,391
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Deputy Minister" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Deputy Minister" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Greg Meredith at Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, with a salary of $537,391; the median among the 34 listed under this title was $372,709.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Deputy Minister median of $372,709 comes to about 41.3%, leaving roughly $213,155 a year — about $17,763 a month. The middle half of Deputy Minister salaries ran from $342,853 to $403,370. 34 people were listed under this title in 2025. That is about 205% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. After pension contributions (probably PSPP or OPTrust in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$213,155
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~41.3%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~42.8%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$17,763
Where does $372,709 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 | Greg MeredithDeputy Minister | $537,391 | $571,045 |
| 2 | Deborah RichardsonDeputy Minister | $504,496 | $522,433 |
| 3 | Jean Paul CadeauDeputy Minister | $498,164 | $501,209 |
| 4 | Douglas JonesDeputy Minister | $471,544 | $480,342 |
| 5 | Jason FitzsimmonsDeputy Minister | $435,316 | $447,808 |
| 6 | Alexandra SuttonDeputy Minister | $432,188 | $443,342 |
| 7 | Shannon FullerDeputy Minister | $411,839 | $432,092 |
| 8 | Nancy KennedyDeputy Minister | $406,557 | $417,837 |
| 9 | Virve Susanna Laaksonen-CraigDeputy Minister | $403,370 | $412,911 |
| 10 | Mario Di TommasoDeputy Minister | $402,197 | $407,041 |
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.