Highest-Paid Managers in Ontario (2025)

In 2025, 38,830 manager roles appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List, earning an average of $138,315 and a median of $133,645. The highest-paid was Paul Johnson (City Manager at City Of Toronto) at $523,925. Managers across the public sector, from front-line to senior management.

Figures cover disclosed public-sector employees only (those above Ontario’s $100,000 disclosure threshold). Records span 1996–2025.

Managers disclosed (2025)

38,830

Average

$138,315

Median

$133,645

Highest

$523,925

Top 25 highest-paid managers (2025)

#	Name	Job title	Employer	Total
1	Paul Johnson	City Manager	City Of Toronto	$523,925
2	Wendy Stephanson	City Manager	City Of Ottawa	$455,234
3	Linda Kocovski	Medical Manager	Solicitor General	$444,674
4	Andrew Williams	Medical Manager	Solicitor General	$439,515
5	Magdaleni Bellis	Medical Manager	Solicitor General	$438,472
6	Jagdeep Sharma	Deputy City Manager Development And Growth	City Of Toronto	$426,929
7	William M Johnston	Deputy City Manager Infrastructure And Development Services	City Of Toronto	$405,071
8	Ronglin Ma	Shift Manager	Ontario Power Generation	$396,317
9	David W Jollimore	Deputy City Manager Corporate Services	City Of Toronto	$393,933
10	Bradley Wood	Shift Manager	Ontario Power Generation	$392,667
11	Paul Andrew Raftis	Deputy City Manager Community And Emergency	City Of Toronto	$392,468
12	Mark Weeks	Assistant Operations Senior Manager	Ontario Power Generation	$388,490
13	Mathieu Gravel	Shift Manager	Ontario Power Generation	$387,058
14	Brad Clark	Shift Manager	Ontario Power Generation	$382,693
15	Derrick Ingram	Shift Manager	Ontario Power Generation	$380,146
16	Katherine Bassil	Deputy City Manager Community And Emergency	City Of Toronto	$378,369
17	Andrew Holmes	Shift Manager	Ontario Power Generation	$378,035
18	Michael Kisil	Assistant Operations Senior Manager	Ontario Power Generation	$376,349
19	Julie Thrasher	Shift Manager	Ontario Power Generation	$374,895
20	Tasti Seid	Senior Manager, Operations Support	Ontario Power Generation	$374,738
21	Stephen C Reid	Shift Manager	Ontario Power Generation	$374,728
22	Andrew Harrison	Shift Manager	Ontario Power Generation	$371,499
23	David Hodgson	Assistant Maintenance Senior Manager	Ontario Power Generation	$371,011
24	Justin Card	Shift Manager	Ontario Power Generation	$370,358
25	Cindy Howard	General Manager Finance and Community Services	County Of Middlesex	$369,906

Employers with the most managers (2025)

Ontario Power Generation2,130 · $192,120 avg Metrolinx1,918 · $143,648 avg City Of Toronto1,824 · $148,618 avg Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement1,110 · $143,883 avg Workplace Safety And Insurance Board882 · $120,571 avg City Of Ottawa757 · $132,870 avg University Of Toronto725 · $126,888 avg Liquor Control Board Of Ontario659 · $127,072 avg City Of Hamilton533 · $131,279 avg City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission504 · $156,297 avg Children, Community and Social Services478 · $137,356 avg Regional Municipality Of York463 · $148,604 avg

Job titles included

Manager2,125Project Manager924Senior Project Manager428Store Manager / Directeur ou directrice de succursale384Clinical Manager380Senior Manager372Manager/Gestionnaire342Program Manager314Manager, Operations / Gestionnaire – Opérations221Supervising Nuclear Operator First Line Manager Assistant199

Highest-Paid Managers in Ontario (2025)

Top 25 highest-paid managers (2025)

Employers with the most managers (2025)

Job titles included

Managers in other provinces

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