Director of Economic Development Salary in Ontario (2025)
235 disclosed records, 1999–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (96%)
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
18
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$172,213
+40.9% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$162,567–$187,565
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$212,000
Who is the highest-paid Director of Economic Development in Ontario?
The highest-paid Director of Economic Development on the 2025 Sunshine List was Raphael Costa at City Of Vaughan, with a salary of $212,000; the median among the 18 listed under this title was $172,213.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $172,213, a Director of Economic Development keeps roughly $116,110 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 29.4% effective), or about $9,676 a month. 18 people were listed under this title in 2025. That is about 41% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. The middle half of Director of Economic Development salaries ran from $162,567 to $187,565. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$116,110
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.4%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,676
Where does $172,213 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.
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raphael Costa | City Of Vaughan | Director, Economic Development | $212,000 | $212,761 |
| 2 | Christina Kakaflikas | City Of Mississauga | Director, Economic Development | $211,958 | $213,452 |
| 3 | George Spezza | Regional Municipality Of Niagara | Director Economic Development | $199,461 | $200,336 |
| 4 | Paul Pirri | Municipality Of Clarington | Director Economic Development | $194,858 | $197,411 |
| 5 | Rebekah Diec Stormes | Town Of Oakville | Director, Economic Development | $187,565 | $188,185 |
| 6 | Norman Schleehahn | City Of Hamilton | Director Economic Development | $186,919 | $189,105 |
| 7 | Cara Finn | County Of Middlesex | Director of Economic Development | $181,240 | $182,162 |
| 8 | Meredith Armstrong | City Of Greater Sudbury | Director of Economic Development | $173,965 | $181,050 |
| 9 | Sheilagh Doherty | City Of Ottawa | Director, Economic Development | $172,516 | $173,026 |
| 10 | Scott Ovell | County Of Haliburton | Director Economic Development | $171,910 | $173,565 |
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. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.