Economic Specialist Salary in Ontario (2025)
101 disclosed records, 2016–2025 · mostly Government of Ontario – Ministries (100%)
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
13
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$122,686
+0.3% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$105,774–$127,798
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$135,617
Who is the highest-paid Economic Specialist in Ontario?
The highest-paid Economic Specialist on the 2025 Sunshine List was Mark Merkur at Finance, with a salary of $135,617; the median among the 13 listed under this title was $122,686.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $122,686, a Economic Specialist keeps roughly $88,412 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 23.4% effective), or about $7,368 a month. The middle half of Economic Specialist salaries ran from $105,774 to $127,798. That is in line with the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. Most Government of Ontario – Ministries employees belong to PSPP or OPTrust, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$88,412
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~23.4%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,368
Where does $122,686 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 13 | $122,686 | $135,617 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Merkur | Finance | Economic Specialist | $135,617 | $135,774 |
| 2 | Lily Jiang | Finance | Economic Specialist | $132,793 | $132,950 |
| 3 | Ma Kyi Kyi Thin | Finance | Economic Specialist | $129,512 | $129,668 |
| 4 | Horn-Chern Lin | Finance | Economic Specialist | $127,798 | $127,953 |
| 5 | Shahzia-Farah Teja | Finance | Economic Specialist | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 6 | Ping Yuan | Finance | Economic Specialist | $127,798 | $127,956 |
| 7 | Cameron Kerr | Finance | Economic Specialist | $122,686 | $122,686 |
| 8 | Cheng-Yu Wang | Finance | Economic Specialist | $108,353 | $108,487 |
| 9 | Jijun Meng | Finance | Economic Specialist | $106,386 | $106,386 |
| 10 | Kifle Bekele | Finance | Economic Specialist | $105,774 | $105,904 |
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.