Director Strategic Communications Salary in Ontario (2025)
131 disclosed records, 2003–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (36%)
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
14
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$143,351
+17.2% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$122,311–$185,002
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$194,801
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Director Strategic Communications" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Director Strategic Communications" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Anne Klein at Francophone Affairs, with a salary of $194,801; the median among the 14 listed under this title was $143,351.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Director Strategic Communications paid the 2025 median of $143,351 would take home roughly $100,106 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $8,342 a month, an all-in deduction rate of about 30.2%. The middle half of Director Strategic Communications salaries ran from $122,311 to $185,002. 14 people were listed under this title in 2025. Most Municipalities & Services employees belong to OMERS, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$100,106
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~26.3%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~30.2%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$8,342
Where does $143,351 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 | Anne KleinDirector, Strategic Communications | $194,801 | $195,005 |
| 2 | Jennifer Lynn MitchesDirector, Strategic Communications | $188,284 | $188,487 |
| 3 | Robin SmithDirector, Strategic Communications | $187,235 | $188,486 |
| 4 | Eliza BennettDirector, Strategic Communications | $185,002 | $188,270 |
| 5 | Sere PurushuttamDirector Strategic Communications | $178,587 | $179,268 |
| 6 | Barbara MottramDirector, Strategic Communications | $150,062 | $150,250 |
| 7 | Oliver OrmrodDirector, Strategic Communications / Directeur, Communications stratégiques | $144,887 | $145,023 |
| 8 | Jacky Au DuongDirector, Strategic Communications | $141,816 | $142,462 |
| 9 | Peter JeffreyDirector (Strategic Communications) | $130,935 | $131,207 |
| 10 | Sofia MavumbaDirector – Strategic Communications | $130,712 | $130,712 |
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.