Nurse Manager Salary in Ontario (2025)
1,472 disclosed records, 2002–2025 · mostly Hospitals & Boards of Public Health (77%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
121
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$128,018
+4.7% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$118,195–$146,942
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$174,748
Who is the highest-paid Nurse Manager in Ontario?
The highest-paid Nurse Manager on the 2025 Sunshine List was Colleen Elizabeth Shelton at University Health Network, with a salary of $174,748; the median among the 121 listed under this title was $128,018.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Nurse Manager median of $128,018 comes to about 24.3%, leaving roughly $91,429 a year — about $7,619 a month. The 2025 list carries 121 people filed as Nurse Manager. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 5% above it. Half of those listed earned between $118,195 and $146,942. After pension contributions (probably HOOPP in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$91,429
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~24.3%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,619
Where does $128,018 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Health Network | 47 | $148,282 | $174,748 | Pay here → |
| City of Toronto | 39 | $119,372 | $130,477 | Pay here → |
| City of Hamilton | 6 | $137,627 | $140,487 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colleen Elizabeth Shelton | University Health Network | Manager, Nurse | $174,748 | $175,046 |
| 2 | Marianna Kaufman | University Health Network | Manager, Nurse | $173,692 | $174,012 |
| 3 | Susan Clarke | University Health Network | Manager, Nurse | $163,156 | $163,474 |
| 4 | Rosaria Puopolo | University Health Network | Manager, Nurse | $162,786 | $163,104 |
| 5 | Janet Pilgrim | University Health Network | Manager, Nurse | $160,464 | $160,777 |
| 6 | Sylvia Blanchard | University Health Network | Manager, Nurse | $159,668 | $159,845 |
| 7 | Lindsay Love | University Health Network | Manager, Nurse | $157,114 | $157,409 |
| 8 | Nancy Saindon | Dryden Regional Health Centre | Nurse Manager | $155,541 | $156,175 |
| 9 | Meagan Eason | University Health Network | Manager, Nurse | $154,213 | $154,514 |
| 10 | Pearlina Dawes | University Health Network | Manager, Nurse | $154,154 | $154,455 |
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. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.