Scientist Salary in Ontario (2025)
1,055 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Hospitals & Boards of Public Health (78%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
106
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$146,875
+20.1% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$122,791–$172,042
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$298,213
Who is the highest-paid Scientist in Ontario?
The highest-paid Scientist on the 2025 Sunshine List was Alain Dabdoub at Sunnybrook Research Institute, with a salary of $298,213; the median among the 106 listed under this title was $146,875.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $146,875, a Scientist keeps roughly $102,100 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 26.7% effective), or about $8,508 a month. Half of those listed earned between $122,791 and $172,042. 106 people were listed under this title in 2025. Pension contributions — likely HOOPP in the Hospitals & Boards of Public Health sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$102,100
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~26.7%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$8,508
Where does $146,875 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Health Toronto | 31 | $162,541 | $288,924 | Pay here → |
| Hospital for Sick Children | 22 | $154,141 | $272,794 | Pay here → |
| Sunnybrook Research Institute | 18 | $159,013 | $298,213 | Pay here → |
| Sinai Health System | 7 | $126,017 | $137,149 | Pay here → |
| Quantum Valley Ideas Laboratories | 7 | $107,083 | $111,766 | Pay here → |
| Institute for Work and Health | 6 | $117,210 | $190,802 | Pay here → |
| St. Joseph's Health Care London | 5 | $110,696 | $127,100 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Dabdoub | Sunnybrook Research Institute | Scientist | $298,213 | $300,274 |
| 2 | Boris Hinz | Unity Health Toronto | Scientist | $288,924 | $289,882 |
| 3 | Tom Schweizer | Unity Health Toronto | Scientist | $282,726 | $283,644 |
| 4 | Burton B Yang | Sunnybrook Research Institute | Scientist | $282,662 | $282,662 |
| 5 | Ashish Deshwar | The Hospital For Sick Children | Scientist | $272,794 | $273,713 |
| 6 | Sascha Drewlo | Sunnybrook Research Institute | Scientist | $261,396 | $263,467 |
| 7 | Andrea Tricco | Unity Health Toronto | Scientist | $259,754 | $260,553 |
| 8 | Andras Kapus | Unity Health Toronto | Scientist | $242,237 | $243,020 |
| 9 | Tara Gomes | Unity Health Toronto | Scientist | $238,399 | $239,166 |
| 10 | Sean Rourke | Unity Health Toronto | Scientist | $232,373 | $233,331 |
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.