Senior Programmer Salary in Ontario (2025)
86 disclosed records, 1999–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (86%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
25
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$126,820
+3.7% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$109,615–$136,813
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$151,868
Who is the highest-paid Senior Programmer in Ontario?
The highest-paid Senior Programmer on the 2025 Sunshine List was Umeshkumar Naik at City Of Toronto – Police Service, with a salary of $151,868; the median among the 25 listed under this title was $126,820.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Senior Programmer median of $126,820 comes to about 24.1%, leaving roughly $90,751 a year — about $7,563 a month. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 4% above it. The 2025 list carries 25 people filed as Senior Programmer. Most Municipalities & Services employees belong to OMERS, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$90,751
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~24.1%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,563
Where does $126,820 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Toronto – Police Service | 19 | $135,421 | $151,868 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Umeshkumar Naik | City Of Toronto – Police Service | Senior Programmer | $151,868 | $152,255 |
| 2 | Shuling Li | City Of Toronto – Police Service | Senior Programmer | $139,564 | $139,951 |
| 3 | Christophene Castillo | City Of Toronto – Police Service | Senior Programmer | $139,336 | $139,723 |
| 4 | Qing Zhang | City Of Toronto – Police Service | Senior Programmer | $139,034 | $139,421 |
| 5 | Lijing Tang | City Of Toronto – Police Service | Senior Programmer | $137,405 | $137,792 |
| 6 | Poornima Rajanna | City Of Toronto – Police Service | Senior Programmer | $137,094 | $137,481 |
| 7 | Petruta Serban | City Of Toronto – Police Service | Senior Programmer | $136,813 | $137,200 |
| 8 | Justin Bevers | City Of Toronto – Police Service | Senior Programmer | $135,653 | $136,040 |
| 9 | Ming Deng | City Of Toronto – Police Service | Senior Programmer | $135,432 | $135,819 |
| 10 | Andrei Dimitrief-Jianu | City Of Toronto – Police Service | Senior Programmer | $135,421 | $135,808 |
By Year
Related Positions
- Constable5,795
- Firefighter5,399
- Police Constable4,778
- Operator3,992
- Primary Care Paramedic2,883
- Sergeant1,597
- 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. 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.