Firefighter Salary in Ontario (2025)
48,780 disclosed records, 2002–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
5,399
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$131,656
+7.7% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$122,703–$143,202
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$247,508
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Firefighter" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Firefighter" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Kurt Poyhonen at City Of Toronto, with a salary of $247,508; the median among the 5,399 listed under this title was $131,656.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Firefighter paid the 2025 median of $131,656 would take home roughly $93,488 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $7,791 a month, an all-in deduction rate of about 29.0%. 5,399 people were listed under this title in 2025. That is about 8% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. Pension contributions — likely OMERS in the Municipalities & Services sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$93,488
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~24.8%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.0%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,791
Where does $131,656 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
Where They Work
2025 · employers with 5+
| Employer | Median | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| City of Toronto | $135,836 | Pay here → |
| City of Ottawa | $134,498 | Pay here → |
| City of Mississauga | $133,278 | Pay here → |
| City of Hamilton | $133,629 | Pay here → |
| City of Brampton | $130,650 | Pay here → |
| City of Windsor | $123,048 | Pay here → |
| City of Markham | $128,206 | Pay here → |
| Town of Oakville | $130,499 | Pay here → |
| City of London | $121,175 | Pay here → |
| City of Thunder Bay | $130,864 | Pay here → |
| City of Oshawa | $129,267 | Pay here → |
| City of Burlington | $135,718 | Pay here → |
| City of Barrie | $131,559 | Pay here → |
| City of Cambridge | $130,016 | Pay here → |
| City of Niagara Falls | $121,793 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt PoyhonenFirefighter Operation | $247,508 | $249,304 |
| 2 | Kristin G ChrabaFirefighter Operation | $245,408 | $247,239 |
| 3 | Drew FooteFirefighter Operation | $230,799 | $232,001 |
| 4 | Jerome JungFirefighter Operation | $225,458 | $227,255 |
| 5 | Gregory FitzgeraldFirefighter | $223,999 | $224,195 |
| 6 | John EvansFirefighter Operation | $223,351 | $225,605 |
| 7 | Daniel J HathwayFirefighter Operation | $221,917 | $223,748 |
| 8 | Jon Taine HallFirefighter Operation | $221,597 | $223,360 |
| 9 | Michael WilsonFirefighter | $220,770 | $221,246 |
| 10 | Rashid RawdatFirefighter Operation | $220,548 | $222,345 |
By Year
Related Positions
- Constable5,795
- Police Constable4,778
- Operator3,992
- Primary Care Paramedic2,883
- Sergeant1,600
- Captain1,385
- Plainclothes Police Constable1,286
- Project Manager1,267
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.