Policy Development Officer Salary in Ontario (2025)
206 disclosed records, 2006–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (88%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
75
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$120,777
-1.2% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$111,456–$128,224
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$150,891
Who is the highest-paid Policy Development Officer in Ontario?
The highest-paid Policy Development Officer on the 2025 Sunshine List was Fenicia Lewis-Dowlin at City Of Toronto, with a salary of $150,891; the median among the 75 listed under this title was $120,777.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Policy Development Officer paid the 2025 median of $120,777 would take home roughly $87,331 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $7,278 a month, an effective rate of about 23.1%. Half of those listed earned between $111,456 and $128,224. That is about 1% below the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. 75 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
- ~$87,331
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~23.1%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,278
Where does $120,777 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Toronto | 68 | $120,962 | $150,891 | Pay here → |
| Ontario Provincial Police | 6 | $116,422 | $124,850 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fenicia Lewis-Dowlin | City Of Toronto | Policy Development Officer | $150,891 | $151,838 |
| 2 | Biljana Zuvela | City Of Toronto | Policy Development Officer | $150,045 | $150,986 |
| 3 | Yasmeen Emadi | City Of Toronto | Policy Development Officer | $144,579 | $145,491 |
| 4 | Emma Colucci | City Of Toronto | Policy Development Officer | $140,850 | $141,733 |
| 5 | Melana Roberts | City Of Toronto | Policy Development Officer | $139,532 | $140,409 |
| 6 | Daniel Otis Rosen | City Of Toronto | Policy Development Officer | $137,548 | $138,413 |
| 7 | Diana Levy | City Of Toronto | Policy Development Officer | $137,153 | $138,002 |
| 8 | Kira Kastner | City Of Toronto | Policy Development Officer | $136,528 | $137,384 |
| 9 | Willy Wong | City Of Toronto | Policy Development Officer | $135,356 | $136,205 |
| 10 | Heather Marshall | City Of Toronto | Policy Development Officer | $135,268 | $136,117 |
By Year
Related Positions
- Constable5,795
- Firefighter5,399
- Police Constable4,778
- Operator3,992
- Primary Care Paramedic2,883
- Sergeant1,600
- Captain1,385
- Plainclothes Police Constable1,286
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.