Operator Salary in Ontario (2025)
14,438 disclosed records, 2004–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
3,992
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$109,447
-10.5% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$104,686–$117,151
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$161,979
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Operator" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Operator" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Shahbaz Butt at City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission, with a salary of $161,979; the median among the 3,992 listed under this title was $109,447.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Operator median of $109,447 comes to about 21.5%, leaving roughly $80,434 a year — about $6,703 a month. The middle half of Operator salaries ran from $104,686 to $117,151. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 10% below it. 3,992 people were listed under this title in 2025. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$80,434
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~21.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~26.5%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$6,703
Where does $109,447 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 |
|---|---|---|
| City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission | $109,184 | Pay here → |
| City of Brampton | $112,494 | Pay here → |
| City of London – London Transit Commission | $103,793 | Pay here → |
| Regional Municipality of York | $111,338 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shahbaz ButtOperator | $161,979 | $163,023 |
| 2 | Karl SauerOperator | $159,884 | $160,928 |
| 3 | Ana Solis PerezOperator | $159,078 | $160,123 |
| 4 | Binod ThapaOperator | $159,028 | $160,072 |
| 5 | Sydney SoOperator | $158,437 | $159,481 |
| 6 | Stylianos RoidesOperator | $157,485 | $158,529 |
| 7 | Hwi Yong KimOperator | $154,849 | $155,894 |
| 8 | Wael WassefOperator | $154,650 | $155,694 |
| 9 | Zia NiaziOperator | $154,580 | $155,624 |
| 10 | Leon BrooksOperator | $153,289 | $154,333 |
By Year
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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.