Detective Sergeant Salary in Ontario (2025)
4,122 disclosed records, 1999–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
234
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$176,604
+44.4% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$164,985–$193,964
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$284,818
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Detective Sergeant" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Detective Sergeant" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Davis Baxter at Regional Municipality Of Peel Police Services, with a salary of $284,818; the median among the 234 listed under this title was $176,604.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Detective Sergeant median of $176,604 comes to about 29.8%, leaving roughly $118,526 a year — about $9,877 a month. The 2025 list carries 234 people grouped under the title Detective Sergeant. That is about 44% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. Pension contributions — likely OMERS in the Municipalities & Services sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$118,526
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.8%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~32.9%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,877
Where does $176,604 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 |
|---|---|---|
| City of Toronto – Police Service | $182,444 | Pay here → |
| Regional Municipality of Niagara – Niagara Reg. Police | $171,241 | Pay here → |
| Regional Municipality of Peel Police Services | $192,791 | Pay here → |
| Regional Municipality of York Police Services | $165,714 | Pay here → |
| City of Greater Sudbury | $146,309 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davis BaxterDetective Sergeant | $284,818 | $285,280 |
| 2 | Vito GagliardiDetective Sergeant | $264,862 | $265,995 |
| 3 | Mario BlasizzoDetective Sergeant | $261,450 | $262,084 |
| 4 | Thierry GrialdiDetective Sergeant | $254,671 | $255,805 |
| 5 | Michael PalermoDetective Sergeant | $241,961 | $243,094 |
| 6 | Philip KingDetective Sergeant | $238,875 | $239,338 |
| 7 | Brent JohnstonDetective Sergeant | $237,964 | $239,044 |
| 8 | Adam MinnionDetective Sergeant | $237,870 | $238,320 |
| 9 | Jayson BouwkampDetective Sergeant | $235,035 | $235,498 |
| 10 | Christopher TraceyDetective Sergeant | $234,345 | $235,479 |
By Year
Related Positions
- Constable5,795
- Firefighter5,399
- Police Constable4,778
- Operator3,992
- Primary Care Paramedic2,883
- Sergeant1,600
- Captain1,385
- Plainclothes Police Constable1,286
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.