Senior Software Engineer Salary in Ontario (2025)
143 disclosed records, 2017–2025 · mostly Crown Agencies (83%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
70
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$110,869
-9.3% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$109,342–$115,366
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$141,038
Who is the highest-paid Senior Software Engineer in Ontario?
The highest-paid Senior Software Engineer on the 2025 Sunshine List was Ashley Stewart at Ontario Health, with a salary of $141,038; the median among the 70 listed under this title was $110,869.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $110,869, a Senior Software Engineer keeps roughly $81,374 after federal and Ontario income tax (about 21.6% effective), or about $6,781 a month. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 9% below it. 70 people were listed under this title in 2025. After pension contributions (probably PSPP or OPTrust in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$81,374
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~21.6%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$6,781
Where does $110,869 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario Health | 57 | $109,875 | $141,038 | Pay here → |
| Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation | 5 | $129,961 | $140,491 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashley Stewart | Ontario Health | Senior Software Engineer/Ingénieure logicielle principale | $141,038 | $143,383 |
| 2 | Jianzhou Zhou | Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation | Senior Software Engineer/ Ingénieur logiciel principal | $140,491 | $140,898 |
| 3 | Justin Sun | Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation | Senior Software Engineer/ Ingénieur logiciel principal | $135,727 | $136,131 |
| 4 | Xiaomei Wang | Ontario Health | Senior Software Engineer/Ingénieure logicielle principale | $132,840 | $135,174 |
| 5 | Alexander Wagner | University Of Toronto | Senior Software Engineer | $131,020 | $131,145 |
| 6 | Peijun Cong | Ontario Health | Senior Software Engineer/Ingénieur logiciel principal | $130,709 | $133,006 |
| 7 | Zhengang Liang | Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation | Senior Software Engineer/ Ingénieur logiciel principal | $129,961 | $130,360 |
| 8 | Yutao Yan | MaRS Discovery District | Senior Software Engineer | $128,275 | $132,716 |
| 9 | Andrew Foster | University Of Toronto | Senior Software Engineer | $126,346 | $126,522 |
| 10 | Chandima Fonseka | Ontario Health | Senior Software Engineer/Ingénieur logiciel principal | $125,052 | $127,361 |
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.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.