Lawyer Salary in Ontario (2025)
141 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Other Public Sector Employers (60%)
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
15
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$116,325
-4.9% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$103,075–$137,804
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$175,386
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Lawyer" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Lawyer" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Melanie Mayhew-Hammond at City Of Oshawa, with a salary of $175,386; the median among the 15 listed under this title was $116,325.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Lawyer median of $116,325 comes to about 22.4%, leaving roughly $84,812 a year — about $7,068 a month. The 2025 list carries 15 people grouped under the title Lawyer. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 5% below it. This estimate leaves out pension contributions; members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$84,812
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~22.4%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~27.1%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,068
Where does $116,325 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
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melanie Mayhew-HammondLawyer | $175,386 | $176,141 |
| 2 | April SnowLawyer | $169,353 | $170,081 |
| 3 | Jeremy KolodziejLawyer | $161,169 | $161,863 |
| 4 | Charn Aha KimLawyer | $137,804 | $138,575 |
| 5 | Vanessa KaljasteLawyer | $125,750 | $126,321 |
| 6 | Darryl ClarkeLawyer | $125,750 | $126,244 |
| 7 | Shera Thanh WoodsLawyer | $120,440 | $120,987 |
| 8 | Sophie LangloisLawyer/Avocate | $116,325 | $116,642 |
| 9 | Anais Pare-ChouinardLawyer/Avocate | $116,325 | $116,642 |
| 10 | Ryan LindenbachLawyer | $115,912 | $116,752 |
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.