Pharmacist Salary in Ontario (2025)
10,628 disclosed records, 2002–2025 · mostly Hospitals & Boards of Public Health (99%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
1,371
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$128,170
+4.8% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$119,686–$132,817
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$281,762
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Pharmacist" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Pharmacist" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Benson Lau at Humber River Health, with a salary of $281,762; the median among the 1,371 listed under this title was $128,170.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Pharmacist paid the 2025 median of $128,170 would take home roughly $91,515 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $7,626 a month, an all-in deduction rate of about 28.6%. That is about 5% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. Half of those listed earned between $119,686 and $132,817. Pension contributions — likely HOOPP in the Hospitals & Boards of Public Health sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$91,515
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~24.3%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~28.6%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,626
Where does $128,170 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 |
|---|---|---|
| University Health Network | $133,943 | Pay here → |
| Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | $128,932 | Pay here → |
| Trillium Health Partners | $128,885 | Pay here → |
| Hamilton Health Sciences | $124,800 | Pay here → |
| William Osler Health System | $125,853 | Pay here → |
| London Health Sciences Centre | $134,899 | Pay here → |
| Scarborough Health Network | $126,669 | Pay here → |
| Hospital for Sick Children | $130,019 | Pay here → |
| Waterloo Regional Health Network | $121,356 | Pay here → |
| North York General Hospital | $130,299 | Pay here → |
| Lakeridge Health | $126,600 | Pay here → |
| Halton Healthcare Services Corporation | $126,327 | Pay here → |
| Sinai Health System | $128,779 | Pay here → |
| Humber River Health | $131,105 | Pay here → |
| MacKenzie Health | $128,949 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benson LauPharmacist | $281,762 | $282,436 |
| 2 | Jaspreet LambaPharmacist | $203,038 | $203,522 |
| 3 | Patti MadorinPharmacist 2 | $173,801 | $173,801 |
| 4 | Carla FindlaterPharmacist 3 | $173,469 | $174,748 |
| 5 | Helene CaratingPharmacist 3 | $173,407 | $174,234 |
| 6 | Carlo DeangelisPharmacist 3 | $166,167 | $166,167 |
| 7 | Amanda DhawanPharmacist | $163,577 | $164,155 |
| 8 | Jie Ling WangPharmacist | $162,690 | $163,364 |
| 9 | Vincent TeoPharmacist 2 | $162,550 | $164,153 |
| 10 | Lauren CharbonneauPharmacist 3 | $161,230 | $161,230 |
By Year
Related Positions
- Registered Nurse31,254
- Manager2,664
- Nurse Practitioner1,832
- Social Worker1,812
- Physiotherapist1,351
- Registered Practical Nurse1,317
- Occupational Therapist1,181
- Director1,116
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.