Director of Public Works Salary in Ontario (2025)
887 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
67
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$146,440
+19.8% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$132,132–$162,892
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$221,393
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Director of Public Works" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Director of Public Works" on the 2025 Sunshine List was W. Samantha Fraser at Township Of King, with a salary of $221,393; the median among the 67 listed under this title was $146,440.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Director of Public Works paid the 2025 median of $146,440 would take home roughly $101,854 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $8,488 a month, an all-in deduction rate of about 30.4%. Half of those listed earned between $132,132 and $162,892. The 2025 list carries 67 people grouped under the title Director of Public Works. Most Municipalities & Services employees belong to OMERS, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$101,854
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~26.7%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~30.4%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$8,488
Where does $146,440 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 | W. Samantha FraserDirector of Public Works | $221,393 | $222,483 |
| 2 | Jonathan OsborneDirector of Public Works | $211,583 | $213,466 |
| 3 | Denise MarshallDirector, Public Works | $198,019 | $199,016 |
| 4 | Stephen ShypowskyjDirector of Public Works | $191,793 | $192,954 |
| 5 | Mark CovertDirector of Public Works | $186,839 | $187,995 |
| 6 | Melissa AbercrombieDirector of Public Works | $183,712 | $184,866 |
| 7 | Ryan BrownDirector, Public Works | $182,742 | $184,049 |
| 8 | Jeff MeggittDirector, Public Works | $179,554 | $188,318 |
| 9 | Jason MarrDirector of Public Works | $177,180 | $178,344 |
| 10 | Scott W HolmesDirector Public Works | $173,669 | $174,627 |
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.