Mental Health Worker Salary in Ontario (2025)
146 disclosed records, 2009–2025 · mostly Hospitals & Boards of Public Health (73%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
62
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$107,424
-12.1% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$105,000–$112,355
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$139,416
Who is the highest-paid Mental Health Worker in Ontario?
The highest-paid Mental Health Worker on the 2025 Sunshine List was Faye Prawdzik at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, with a salary of $139,416; the median among the 62 listed under this title was $107,424.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $107,424, a Mental Health Worker keeps roughly $79,097 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 21.2% effective), or about $6,591 a month. That is about 12% below the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. The 2025 list carries 62 people filed as Mental Health Worker. Pension contributions — likely HOOPP in the Hospitals & Boards of Public Health sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$79,097
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~21.2%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$6,591
Where does $107,424 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton | 30 | $108,821 | $139,416 | Pay here → |
| Royal Ottawa Health Care Group | 10 | $104,222 | $105,626 | Pay here → |
| York Catholic District School Board | 7 | $111,321 | $112,355 | Pay here → |
| Ottawa Catholic School Board | 5 | $105,125 | $112,841 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faye Prawdzik | St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton | Mental Health Worker | $139,416 | $139,637 |
| 2 | Nur Birro | St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton | Mental Health Worker | $129,506 | $129,506 |
| 3 | Dragana Jovanovic | St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton | Mental Health Worker | $128,292 | $128,513 |
| 4 | Katherine Main | St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton | Mental Health Worker | $123,973 | $124,194 |
| 5 | Roxan Lawrence | St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton | Mental Health Worker | $121,607 | $121,827 |
| 6 | William Baker | St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton | Mental Health Worker | $117,720 | $117,909 |
| 7 | J Douglas Bell | St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton | Mental Health Worker | $117,603 | $117,603 |
| 8 | Anujah Posarajah | Southlake Health | Mental Health Worker | $116,552 | $116,968 |
| 9 | Nsikan-Abasi E Uboho | St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton | Mental Health Worker | $115,454 | $115,583 |
| 10 | Andrea Glicksman-Caprara | Southlake Health | Mental Health Worker | $115,391 | $115,806 |
By Year
Related Positions
- Registered Nurse31,254
- Manager2,664
- Nurse Practitioner1,832
- Social Worker1,812
- Pharmacist1,371
- Physiotherapist1,351
- Registered Practical Nurse1,317
- Occupational Therapist1,181
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.