District Chief Operations Salary in Ontario (2025)
1,191 disclosed records, 2006–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
58
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$180,785
+47.9% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$173,339–$200,820
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$270,766
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $180,785, a District Chief Operations keeps roughly $120,766 after federal and Ontario income tax (about 30.2% effective), or about $10,064 a month. Half of those listed earned between $173,339 and $200,820. The 2025 list carries 58 people filed as District Chief Operations. Pension contributions — likely OMERS in the Municipalities & Services sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$120,766
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~30.2%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$10,064
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Toronto | 58 | $180,785 | $270,766 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Sayers | City Of Toronto | District Chief Operations | $270,766 | $273,019 |
| 2 | Terry Stewart | City Of Toronto | District Chief Operations | $265,818 | $268,072 |
| 3 | Robert Cooke | City Of Toronto | District Chief Operations | $257,319 | $259,572 |
| 4 | David Quinn | City Of Toronto | District Chief Operations | $252,141 | $254,394 |
| 5 | Brian Mcalinden | City Of Toronto | District Chief Operations | $247,576 | $249,783 |
| 6 | John Brunton | City Of Toronto | District Chief Operations | $237,129 | $239,382 |
| 7 | Scott D Weaver | City Of Toronto | District Chief Operations | $227,018 | $229,271 |
| 8 | Ronald Barben | City Of Toronto | District Chief Operations | $224,374 | $226,628 |
| 9 | Lance White | City Of Toronto | District Chief Operations | $223,365 | $225,619 |
| 10 | Steven Buckingham | City Of Toronto | District Chief Operations | $212,740 | $214,994 |
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.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.