Heavy Equipment Operator Salary in Ontario (2025)
160 disclosed records, 2007–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (99%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
98
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$106,800
-12.6% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$103,650–$114,844
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$151,191
Who is the highest-paid Heavy Equipment Operator in Ontario?
The highest-paid Heavy Equipment Operator on the 2025 Sunshine List was Jeffrey Manning at City Of Toronto, with a salary of $151,191; the median among the 98 listed under this title was $106,800.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $106,800, a Heavy Equipment Operator keeps roughly $78,683 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 21.2% effective), or about $6,557 a month. Half of those listed earned between $103,650 and $114,844. 98 people were listed under this title in 2025. That is about 13% below 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
- ~$78,683
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~21.2%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$6,557
Where does $106,800 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Toronto | 59 | $107,546 | $151,191 | Pay here → |
| City of Ottawa | 30 | $105,656 | $121,517 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Manning | City Of Toronto | Heavy Equipment Operator | $151,191 | $151,662 |
| 2 | Dmitri Korabline | City Of Toronto | Heavy Equipment Operator | $128,676 | $129,146 |
| 3 | Mark J Pyniansky | City Of Toronto | Heavy Equipment Operator | $126,691 | $127,161 |
| 4 | Joshua Allison | City Of Toronto | Heavy Equipment Operator | $123,375 | $123,845 |
| 5 | Derek Shanghie | City Of Toronto | Heavy Equipment Operator | $121,730 | $122,200 |
| 6 | Jesse Paquette | City Of Ottawa | Heavy Equipment Operator | $121,517 | $121,751 |
| 7 | Sean Scott | City Of Toronto | Heavy Equipment Operator | $121,285 | $121,755 |
| 8 | Robert Martin | City Of Ottawa | Heavy Equipment Operator | $120,390 | $120,431 |
| 9 | Elyas Hassan | City Of Toronto | Heavy Equipment Operator | $120,324 | $120,794 |
| 10 | Taij Singh | City Of Toronto | Heavy Equipment Operator | $119,720 | $120,190 |
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.