System Development Specialist Salary in Ontario (2025)
180 disclosed records, 2008–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
64
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$109,917
-10.1% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$105,412–$110,487
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$128,185
Who is the highest-paid System Development Specialist in Ontario?
The highest-paid System Development Specialist on the 2025 Sunshine List was Zhongjing Liu at City Of Toronto, with a salary of $128,185; the median among the 64 listed under this title was $109,917.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A System Development Specialist paid the 2025 median of $109,917 would take home roughly $80,745 after federal and Ontario income tax — about $6,729 a month, an effective rate of about 21.5%. That is about 10% below the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. The 2025 list carries 64 people filed as System Development Specialist. Most Municipalities & Services employees belong to OMERS, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$80,745
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~21.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$6,729
Where does $109,917 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 | 64 | $109,917 | $128,185 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhongjing Liu | City Of Toronto | System Development Specialist | $128,185 | $128,879 |
| 2 | Soomi Chung | City Of Toronto | System Development Specialist | $125,418 | $126,112 |
| 3 | Hong He | City Of Toronto | System Development Specialist | $124,527 | $125,220 |
| 4 | Mei Sun | City Of Toronto | System Development Specialist | $124,349 | $125,043 |
| 5 | Malathy Babu | City Of Toronto | System Development Specialist | $123,420 | $124,114 |
| 6 | Gordana Radic | City Of Toronto | System Development Specialist | $121,441 | $122,134 |
| 7 | Mohammed H Kadder | City Of Toronto | System Development Specialist | $121,404 | $122,061 |
| 8 | Gabriela Perez | City Of Toronto | System Development Specialist | $120,071 | $120,659 |
| 9 | Alexander Denissov | City Of Toronto | System Development Specialist | $120,061 | $120,755 |
| 10 | John Paul | City Of Toronto | System Development Specialist | $118,484 | $119,178 |
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.