Director, Human Resources Salary in Ontario (2025)
3,070 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (32%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
249
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$147,900
+21.0% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$119,436–$171,202
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$258,318
Who is the highest-paid Director, Human Resources in Ontario?
The highest-paid Director, Human Resources on the 2025 Sunshine List was Tamara Wilson at Regional Municipality Of Peel Police Services, with a salary of $258,318; the median among the 249 listed under this title was $147,900.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Director, Human Resources paid the 2025 median of $147,900 would take home roughly $102,680 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $8,557 a month, an effective rate of about 26.9%. Half of those listed earned between $119,436 and $171,202. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 21% above it. Most Municipalities & Services employees belong to OMERS, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$102,680
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~26.9%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$8,557
Where does $147,900 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario Health Athome | 10 | $154,297 | $172,246 | Pay here → |
| Queen's University | 9 | $147,195 | $151,694 | Pay here → |
| University of Toronto | 5 | $189,999 | $218,253 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamara Wilson | Regional Municipality Of Peel Police Services | Director Human Resources | $258,318 | $278,626 |
| 2 | Lori Kelly | City Of Mississauga | Director, Human Resources | $245,691 | $246,495 |
| 3 | Helen Viveiros | Ontario Power Generation | Director Human Resources | $243,625 | $244,695 |
| 4 | Linda Blood | Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. Police | Director Human Resources | $235,371 | $237,193 |
| 5 | Brian Daly | City Of Toronto – Public Library Board | Director, Human Resources | $231,319 | $232,565 |
| 6 | Jamesene King | Northern Economic Development and Growth | Director, Human Resources | $229,249 | $229,498 |
| 7 | Louise O'Dell | Regional Municipality Of Durham | Director, Human Resources | $229,109 | $230,543 |
| 8 | Susan Farrelly | County Of Wellington | Director of Human Resources | $228,939 | $232,811 |
| 9 | Amanda Ramnarine | Ontario Power Generation | Director Human Resources | $228,720 | $229,762 |
| 10 | Jesse Wilson | Queensway Carleton Hospital | Director – Human Resources | $223,218 | $223,752 |
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. 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.