Senior Policy and Program Advisor Salary in Ontario (2025)
322 disclosed records, 2010–2025 · mostly Government of Ontario – Ministries (99%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
70
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$122,919
+0.5% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$112,942–$127,798
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$170,189
Who is the highest-paid Senior Policy and Program Advisor in Ontario?
The highest-paid Senior Policy and Program Advisor on the 2025 Sunshine List was Andrea Ramhit at Citizenship and Multiculturalism, with a salary of $170,189; the median among the 70 listed under this title was $122,919.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Senior Policy and Program Advisor paid the 2025 median of $122,919 would take home roughly $88,544 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $7,379 a month, an effective rate of about 23.5%. That is about 1% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. Half of those listed earned between $112,942 and $127,798. Pension contributions — likely PSPP or OPTrust in the Government of Ontario – Ministries sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$88,544
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~23.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,379
Where does $122,919 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 39 | $117,940 | $135,003 | Pay here → |
| Education | 8 | $127,002 | $133,244 | Pay here → |
| Natural Resources and Forestry | 5 | $125,638 | $137,299 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Ramhit | Citizenship and Multiculturalism | Senior Policy and Program Advisor | $170,189 | $170,371 |
| 2 | Carolyn Switzer | Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness | Senior Policy and Program Advisor | $148,278 | $148,445 |
| 3 | Lindsay Kingdon | Natural Resources | Senior Policy and Program Advisor | $137,299 | $137,457 |
| 4 | Suzanne Robson | Health | Senior Policy/Program Advisor | $135,003 | $135,096 |
| 5 | Alain Daoust | Education | Senior Policy and Program Advisor | $133,244 | $133,406 |
| 6 | Sarah Sau-Han Lee | Health | Senior Policy and Program Advisor | $133,191 | $133,435 |
| 7 | Kamal Akhtar | Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness | Senior Policy and Program Advisor | $132,063 | $132,226 |
| 8 | Marlye Monfiston | Education | Senior Policy and Program Advisor | $131,591 | $131,753 |
| 9 | Sarah Desjardins | Natural Resources | Senior Policy and Program Advisor | $130,689 | $130,847 |
| 10 | Bushra Patel | Citizenship and Multiculturalism | Senior Policy and Program Advisor | $129,935 | $130,084 |
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.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.