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Senior Economic Advisor Salary in Ontario (2025)

137 disclosed records, 20002025 · mostly Government of Ontario – Ministries (90%)

At a Glance
2025

Disclosed

22

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$126,092

+3.1% vs provincial median

Typical Range

$110,717–$135,677

25th–75th percentile

Top Salary

$146,868

Who is the highest-paid Senior Economic Advisor in Ontario?

The highest-paid Senior Economic Advisor on the 2025 Sunshine List was Hao Lu at Independent Electricity System Operator, with a salary of $146,868; the median among the 22 listed under this title was $126,092.

Hao Lu

Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate

A Senior Economic Advisor paid the 2025 median of $126,092 would take home roughly $90,339 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $7,528 a month, an effective rate of about 24.0%. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 3% above it. The 2025 list carries 22 people filed as Senior Economic Advisor. After pension contributions (probably PSPP or OPTrust in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.

Estimated net pay
~$90,339
Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
~24.0%
CPP + EI contributions
~$5,507
Per month, after tax
~$7,528

Where does $126,092 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
20052025

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+

EmployerPeopleMedianTopDetail
Finance16$125,486$136,376Pay here →

Highest Paid
2025

#NameEmployerTitle as filedSalaryTotal
1Hao LuIndependent Electricity System OperatorSenior Economic Advisor / Conseiller économique principal$146,868$147,174
2Edisa KozoFinanceSenior Economic Advisor$136,376$136,537
3Robindra Nath BanerjeeFinanceSenior Economic Advisor$135,813$135,981
4Eric GentFinanceSenior Economic Advisor$135,677$135,845
5Darren MchughFinanceSenior Economic Advisor$135,677$135,845
6Emily PowadiukFinanceSenior Economic Advisor$135,677$135,845
7Nicole TungFinanceSenior Economic Advisor$130,830$130,982
8Vibhu KapoorTransportationSenior Economic Advisor$127,798$127,956
9Bernice LauTransportationSenior Economic Advisor$127,798$127,956
10Mark DarovnyTransportationSenior Economic Advisor$126,800$126,955
All 22 Senior Economic Advisor records, 2025

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.