Managing Director Salary in Ontario (2025)
132 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Universities (34%)
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
7
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$140,000
+14.5% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$117,837–$157,093
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$160,000
Who is the highest-paid Managing Director in Ontario?
The highest-paid Managing Director on the 2025 Sunshine List was Joe Williams at The Oaks Revitalization Association, with a salary of $160,000; the median among the 7 listed under this title was $140,000.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Managing Director median of $140,000 comes to about 25.9%, leaving roughly $98,210 a year — about $8,184 a month. That is about 15% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. The 2025 list carries 7 people filed as Managing Director. Half of those listed earned between $117,837 and $157,093. This estimate leaves out pension contributions; members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$98,210
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~25.9%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$8,184
Where does $140,000 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.
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Williams | The Oaks Revitalization Association | Managing Director | $160,000 | $160,000 |
| 2 | Paul Hook | Queen's University | Managing Director | $157,093 | $157,305 |
| 3 | Kaelan Moat | McMaster University | Managing Director | $142,570 | $142,915 |
| 4 | Kostadina Tzirakos | Sandbox Centre For Shared Entrepreneurship & Innovation (O/A Sandbox Centre) | Managing Director | $140,000 | $141,000 |
| 5 | Jyoti Kotecha | Queen's University | Managing Director | $126,788 | $126,788 |
| 6 | Caroline Zwaal | McMaster University | Managing Director | $117,837 | $118,182 |
| 7 | Crystal Shepherd | EFRY Hope and Help for Women | Managing Director | $108,931 | $108,931 |
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. 2023: job titles were not disclosed, so that year has no position data. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.