Legal Aid Ontario

1999–2025 · 4,439 total records

597 employees (2025)$129,010 avg salary$82.8M total payroll (2025)24 years on list

Highest paid all-time

David Field

President and Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général

$322,726

2021

David Field

President and Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général

$296,735

2024

Aileen Page

President and Chief Executive Officer/Présidente-directrice générale

$285,129

2025

David Field

President and Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général

$276,132

2020

David Field

President and Chief Executive Officer/Président-directeur général

$274,267

2022

ROBERT WARD

President and Chief Executive Officer

$277,313

2012

ROBERT WARD

President and Chief Executive Officer

$279,583

2013

Robert Ward

President and Chief Executive Officer / Président-directeur général

$279,560

2014

Robert Ward

President and Chief Executive Officer / Président-directeur général

$279,504

2015

David Field

President and Chief Executive Officer

$268,397

2016

Headcount & Salary Trends

Employees earning $100k+ per year · bars = headcount, lines = salary

Year-by-Year Breakdown

2025+4.2% headcount

Employees

597

Avg Salary

$138,634

Median

$138,741

Total Payroll

$82.8M

2024+34.8% headcount

Employees

573

Avg Salary

$144,342

Median

$145,108

Total Payroll

$82.7M

2022+1.9% headcount

Employees

425

Avg Salary

$129,315

Median

$127,092

Total Payroll

$55.0M

2021+4.8% headcount

Employees

417

Avg Salary

$127,899

Median

$125,988

Total Payroll

$53.3M

2020+10.2% headcount

Employees

398

Avg Salary

$129,098

Median

$127,053

Total Payroll

$51.4M

2019+13.9% headcount

Employees

361

Avg Salary

$127,443

Median

$122,019

Total Payroll

$46.0M

2018+4.6% headcount

Employees

317

Avg Salary

$120,366

Median

$118,450

Total Payroll

$38.2M

2016+41.6% headcount

Employees

303

Avg Salary

$119,420

Median

$113,623

Total Payroll

$36.2M

2015+41.7% headcount

Employees

214

Avg Salary

$119,352

Median

$112,684

Total Payroll

$25.5M

2014+16.2% headcount

Employees

151

Avg Salary

$120,362

Median

$111,207

Total Payroll

$18.2M

2013+41.3% headcount

Employees

130

Avg Salary

$119,839

Median

$112,520

Total Payroll

$15.6M

2012+13.6% headcount

Employees

92

Avg Salary

$124,636

Median

$113,320

Total Payroll

$11.5M

2010-5.8% headcount

Employees

81

Avg Salary

$125,487

Median

$114,559

Total Payroll

$10.2M

2009+34.4% headcount

Employees

86

Avg Salary

$128,249

Median

$116,627

Total Payroll

$11.0M

2008+39.1% headcount

Employees

64

Avg Salary

$123,749

Median

$112,433

Total Payroll

$7.9M

2007+9.5% headcount

Employees

46

Avg Salary

$121,958

Median

$117,081

Total Payroll

$5.6M

2006+50.0% headcount

Employees

42

Avg Salary

$118,653

Median

$112,664

Total Payroll

$5.0M

2005+7.7% headcount

Employees

28

Avg Salary

$123,929

Median

$115,891

Total Payroll

$3.5M

2004+13.0% headcount

Employees

26

Avg Salary

$118,052

Median

$114,318

Total Payroll

$3.1M

2003+0.0% headcount

Employees

23

Avg Salary

$117,197

Median

$111,066

Total Payroll

$2.7M

2002+9.5% headcount

Employees

23

Avg Salary

$116,048

Median

$109,796

Total Payroll

$2.7M

2001+31.3% headcount

Employees

21

Avg Salary

$117,660

Median

$110,296

Total Payroll

$2.5M

2000+220.0% headcount

Employees

16

Avg Salary

$109,809

Median

$105,908

Total Payroll

$1.8M

1999

Employees

5

Avg Salary

$116,496

Median

$115,467

Total Payroll

$582K

Data sourced from the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure. This site is independent and not affiliated with the Government of Ontario. Always verify against the official source.