Research Director Salary in Ontario (2025)
173 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Hospitals & Boards of Public Health (38%)
Last filed under this title in 2025. Fewer than 20 records in the latest Sunshine List, so this page is kept for history.
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
10
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$136,799
+11.9% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$118,714–$164,922
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$183,765
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Research Director" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Research Director" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Stephanie Roy at Indigenous Advanced Education And Skills Council, with a salary of $183,765; the median among the 10 listed under this title was $136,799.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Research Director paid the 2025 median of $136,799 would take home roughly $96,398 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $8,033 a month, an all-in deduction rate of about 29.5%. 10 people were listed under this title in 2025. The middle half of Research Director salaries ran from $118,714 to $164,922. Pension contributions — likely HOOPP in the Hospitals & Boards of Public Health sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$96,398
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~25.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.5%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$8,033
Where does $136,799 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
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephanie RoyDirector Research | $183,765 | $197,013 |
| 2 | Marcus YungDirector, Research | $177,458 | $177,659 |
| 3 | William Mark TooneDirector – Research | $164,922 | $166,659 |
| 4 | Stephen ReaumeDirector, Research | $146,100 | $146,243 |
| 5 | Sheila Ann SpragueDirector, Research | $139,055 | $139,400 |
| 6 | Alastair WoodsDirector, Research /Directrice, Recherche | $134,543 | $134,543 |
| 7 | Alexandra MacfarlaneDirector, Research /Directrice, Recherche | $123,944 | $125,040 |
| 8 | Kevin KerrResearch Director | $118,714 | $119,198 |
| 9 | Tamanna RimiDirector of Research | $113,608 | $113,608 |
| 10 | James GaedeDirector, Research | $103,375 | $103,706 |
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.