System Principal Salary in Ontario (2025)
163 disclosed records, 2006–2025 · mostly School Boards (100%)
Last filed under this title in 2025. Fewer than 20 records in the latest Sunshine List, so this page is kept for history.
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
17
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$174,622
+42.8% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$167,067–$175,983
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$178,616
Who is the highest-paid System Principal in Ontario?
The highest-paid System Principal on the 2025 Sunshine List was Todd Woollings at Thames Valley District School Board, with a salary of $178,616; the median among the 17 listed under this title was $174,622.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
At the 2025 median salary of $174,622, a System Principal keeps roughly $117,435 after income tax, CPP and EI (about 29.6% effective), or about $9,786 a month. The middle half of System Principal salaries ran from $167,067 to $175,983. The 2025 list carries 17 people filed as System Principal. After pension contributions (probably OTPP for teachers or OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$117,435
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.6%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,786
Where does $174,622 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Valley District School Board | 8 | $175,983 | $178,616 | Pay here → |
| Avon Maitland District School Board | 6 | $174,622 | $174,622 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Woollings | Thames Valley District School Board | System Principal | $178,616 | $181,016 |
| 2 | Heather Jakobi | Thames Valley District School Board | System Principal | $175,983 | $175,983 |
| 3 | Kenneth Overeem | Thames Valley District School Board | System Principal | $175,983 | $176,895 |
| 4 | Jessie Robertson | Thames Valley District School Board | System Principal | $175,983 | $175,983 |
| 5 | Michael Tamasi | Thames Valley District School Board | System Principal | $175,983 | $175,983 |
| 6 | Nicholas Woolley | Algonquin And Lakeshore Catholic District School Board | System Principal | $174,706 | $174,809 |
| 7 | Jana Bayer-Smith | Avon Maitland District School Board | System Principal | $174,622 | $174,724 |
| 8 | Edward Havenga | Avon Maitland District School Board | System Principal | $174,622 | $174,724 |
| 9 | Marie Mcdade | Avon Maitland District School Board | System Principal | $174,622 | $174,724 |
| 10 | Bevan Moir | Avon Maitland District School Board | System Principal | $174,622 | $174,724 |
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.