Senior Planner Salary in Ontario (2025)
837 disclosed records, 2008–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (53%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
163
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$116,495
-4.7% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$107,427–$124,763
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$202,677
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Senior Planner" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Senior Planner" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Joyce Poon at Independent Electricity System Operator, with a salary of $202,677; the median among the 163 listed under this title was $116,495.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Senior Planner paid the 2025 median of $116,495 would take home roughly $84,908 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $7,076 a month, an all-in deduction rate of about 27.1%. That is about 5% below the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. The middle half of Senior Planner salaries ran from $107,427 to $124,763. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$84,908
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~22.4%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~27.1%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,076
Where does $116,495 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Municipal Affairs and Housing | $109,882 | Pay here → |
| Independent Electricity System Operator | $162,756 | Pay here → |
| Toronto Region Conservation Authority | $124,777 | Pay here → |
| City of Kitchener | $113,237 | Pay here → |
| City of Burlington | $118,953 | Pay here → |
| City of Kingston | $102,964 | Pay here → |
| Regional Municipality of Niagara | $119,850 | Pay here → |
| Town of Oakville | $118,863 | Pay here → |
| Regional Municipality of York | $121,497 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joyce PoonSenior Planner / Planificateur principal | $202,677 | $203,087 |
| 2 | Shuai ChenSenior Planner / Planificateur principal | $166,028 | $166,364 |
| 3 | Xiao ZhangSenior Planner / Planificateur principal | $166,028 | $166,364 |
| 4 | James YueSenior Planner / Planificateur principal | $165,148 | $165,485 |
| 5 | Emanuel MoldovanSenior Planner / Planificateur principal | $163,834 | $164,166 |
| 6 | Onur AydinSenior Planner / Planificateur principal | $162,756 | $163,095 |
| 7 | Tao TaoSenior Planner / Planificateur principal | $162,756 | $162,962 |
| 8 | Keith LamSenior Planner / Planificateur principal | $160,427 | $160,752 |
| 9 | William DuncanSenior Planner / Planificateur principal | $158,220 | $158,546 |
| 10 | Kristopher RowsellSenior Planner / Planificateur principal | $156,093 | $156,416 |
By Year
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- Constable5,795
- Firefighter5,399
- Police Constable4,778
- Operator3,992
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- Sergeant1,600
- Captain1,385
- Plainclothes Police Constable1,286
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.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.