Investigator Salary in Ontario (2025)
11,828 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Government of Ontario – Ministries (96%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
1,192
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$161,907
+32.4% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$148,133–$174,205
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$276,923
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Investigator" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Investigator" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Katherine Stewart at Sinai Health System, with a salary of $276,923; the median among the 1,192 listed under this title was $161,907.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Investigator paid the 2025 median of $161,907 would take home roughly $110,438 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $9,203 a month, an all-in deduction rate of about 31.8%. The middle half of Investigator salaries ran from $148,133 to $174,205. That is about 32% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. After pension contributions (probably PSPP or OPTrust in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$110,438
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~28.4%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~31.8%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,203
Where does $161,907 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario Provincial Police | $164,805 | Pay here → |
| Attorney General | $116,496 | Pay here → |
| Ombudsman Ontario | $127,946 | Pay here → |
| Finance | $112,606 | Pay here → |
| City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission | $130,679 | Pay here → |
| Sinai Health System | $177,377 | Pay here → |
| Liquor Control Board of Ontario | $120,904 | Pay here → |
| Solicitor General | $115,004 | Pay here → |
| Ontario Securities Commission | $117,544 | Pay here → |
| Children, Community and Social Services | $110,461 | Pay here → |
| Education | $110,461 | Pay here → |
| City of Toronto – Toronto Community Housing Corp. | $131,097 | Pay here → |
| Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development | $103,962 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katherine StewartInvestigator | $276,923 | $277,259 |
| 2 | L ChanInvestigator | $245,593 | $245,822 |
| 3 | Alvin-Warren PaliuananInvestigator | $244,062 | $244,349 |
| 4 | Ryan DenreyerInvestigator | $242,184 | $242,373 |
| 5 | Jennifer NewmanInvestigator | $239,722 | $239,902 |
| 6 | Kevin PostmaInvestigator | $235,514 | $235,719 |
| 7 | Adam ChiappettaInvestigator | $234,273 | $236,363 |
| 8 | Bozidar CavragInvestigator | $233,228 | $233,417 |
| 9 | Lise DurocherInvestigator | $232,941 | $233,148 |
| 10 | Trevor CavanaghInvestigator | $228,623 | $228,828 |
By Year
Related Positions
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.