Professional Librarian Salary in Ontario (2025)
392 disclosed records, 2003–2025 · mostly Universities (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
33
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$165,788
+35.6% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$138,064–$182,916
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$221,816
Who is the highest-paid Professional Librarian in Ontario?
The highest-paid Professional Librarian on the 2025 Sunshine List was Amber Butler at Carleton University, with a salary of $221,816; the median among the 33 listed under this title was $165,788.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $165,788, a Professional Librarian keeps roughly $112,574 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 28.8% effective), or about $9,381 a month. The 2025 list carries 33 people filed as Professional Librarian. Half of those listed earned between $138,064 and $182,916. This estimate leaves out pension contributions; members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$112,574
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~28.8%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,381
Where does $165,788 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton University | 33 | $165,788 | $221,816 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber Butler | Carleton University | Professional Librarian | $221,816 | $221,816 |
| 2 | Patricia Moore | Carleton University | Professional Librarian | $204,659 | $204,659 |
| 3 | Valerie Critchley | Carleton University | Professional Librarian | $198,687 | $198,687 |
| 4 | John Warren | Carleton University | Professional Librarian | $191,113 | $191,113 |
| 5 | Edward Bilodeau | Carleton University | Professional Librarian | $187,240 | $187,240 |
| 6 | Kristof Avramsson | Carleton University | Professional Librarian | $186,887 | $186,887 |
| 7 | Emma Cross | Carleton University | Professional Librarian | $185,642 | $185,642 |
| 8 | Patti-Lynn Harper | Carleton University | Professional Librarian | $184,974 | $184,974 |
| 9 | George Duimovich | Carleton University | Professional Librarian | $182,916 | $182,916 |
| 10 | Cameron Metcalf | Carleton University | Professional Librarian | $182,770 | $182,770 |
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. 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.