Research Officer Salary in Ontario (2025)
130 disclosed records, 2002–2025 · mostly Universities (44%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
21
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$130,190
+6.5% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$117,653–$137,024
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$149,112
Who is the highest-paid Research Officer in Ontario?
The highest-paid Research Officer on the 2025 Sunshine List was Andrew Mcnaught at Legislative Assembly, with a salary of $149,112; the median among the 21 listed under this title was $130,190.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Research Officer paid the 2025 median of $130,190 would take home roughly $92,659 after federal and Ontario income tax — about $7,722 a month, an effective rate of about 24.6%. 21 people were listed under this title in 2025. The middle half of Research Officer salaries ran from $117,653 to $137,024. This estimate leaves out pension contributions; members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$92,659
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~24.6%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,722
Where does $130,190 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly | 14 | $133,145 | $149,112 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Mcnaught | Legislative Assembly | Research Officer / Agent de recherche | $149,112 | $149,301 |
| 2 | Erica Simmons | Legislative Assembly | Research Officer / Agent de recherche | $142,989 | $143,169 |
| 3 | Ruth Isserlin | University Of Toronto | Research Officer | $140,667 | $140,792 |
| 4 | Michael Vidoni | Legislative Assembly | Research Officer / Agent de recherche | $139,248 | $139,423 |
| 5 | Sandra Lopes | Legislative Assembly | Research Officer / Agent de recherche | $137,293 | $137,466 |
| 6 | Lauren Warner | Legislative Assembly | Research Officer / Agent de recherche | $137,024 | $137,197 |
| 7 | Heather Conklin | Legislative Assembly | Research Officer / Agent de recherche | $136,719 | $136,890 |
| 8 | Dmitry Granovsky | Legislative Assembly | Research Officer / Agent de recherche | $134,594 | $134,764 |
| 9 | Mariela Ruetalo | University Of Toronto | Research Officer | $134,586 | $134,712 |
| 10 | Ellen Wankiewicz | Legislative Assembly | Research Officer / Agent de recherche | $131,696 | $131,861 |
By Year
Related Positions
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.