Research Scientist Salary in Ontario (2025)
321 disclosed records, 1998–2025 · mostly Universities (55%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
49
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$122,575
+0.3% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$104,382–$139,739
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$195,349
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Research Scientist" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Research Scientist" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Gabriel Dimattia at London Health Sciences Centre, with a salary of $195,349; the median among the 49 listed under this title was $122,575.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $122,575, a Research Scientist keeps roughly $88,348 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 27.9% all-in), or about $7,362 a month. The middle half of Research Scientist salaries ran from $104,382 to $139,739. That is in line with the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. Members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less after pension contributions, which this estimate leaves out.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$88,348
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~23.4%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~27.9%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,362
Where does $122,575 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 of Western Ontario | $117,224 | Pay here → |
| London Health Sciences Centre | $139,526 | Pay here → |
| University of Guelph | $109,462 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriel DimattiaResearch Scientist | $195,349 | $195,349 |
| 2 | Eva TurleyResearch Scientist | $188,618 | $188,618 |
| 3 | Joseph GatiResearch Scientist | $186,008 | $186,108 |
| 4 | Gediminas CepinskasResearch Scientist | $170,211 | $170,533 |
| 5 | Ljiljana Tamburic-IlincicResearch Scientist | $155,315 | $156,439 |
| 6 | Kyle GilbertResearch Scientist | $155,075 | $155,175 |
| 7 | Todd W. SimpsonResearch Scientist | $150,959 | $151,059 |
| 8 | Sridhar RamamurthyResearch Scientist | $148,814 | $148,844 |
| 9 | Salimah ShariffResearch Scientist | $147,499 | $147,766 |
| 10 | Sarah WrightResearch Scientist | $147,374 | $147,601 |
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.