Registered Respiratory Therapist salary in Ontario
592 people with this title were paid $100,000 or more in 2025. Half earned between $107,648 and $121,596.
Median salary by year
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| 2015 | $103,468 |
| 2016 | $104,136 |
| 2017 | $103,703 |
| 2018 | $106,165 |
| 2019 | $104,250 |
| 2020 | $105,204 |
| 2021 | $107,180 |
| 2022 | $107,951 |
| 2023 | $109,990 |
| 2024 | $114,386 |
| 2025 | $112,331 |
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People with this title by salary, 2025.
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Median salary at each of the 23 employers with 5 or more people in this job, highest first, against the median for everyone with the title.
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Questions and answers
What is the median salary for a Registered Respiratory Therapist in Ontario’s public sector?
$112,331 among the 592 people with this title on the 2025 list. Only people paid $100,000 or more are listed, so this is not the median for everyone in the job.
How much do most people with the title Registered Respiratory Therapist on the list earn?
Half were paid between $107,648 and $121,596 in 2025; the highest salary was $261,468.
Which employer pays Registered Respiratory Therapist the most?
Toronto East General Hospital: a median of $141,196 among 9 people in 2025, the highest of the employers with 5 or more in this job.
Which employer has the most people with the title Registered Respiratory Therapist?
London Health Sciences Centre, with 79 on the 2025 list.
How many people with the title Registered Respiratory Therapist are on the list?
592 in 2025, up from 7 in 2015.
What share of people with the title Registered Respiratory Therapist are paid $150,000 or more?
4% of those on the 2025 list (26 people), and 1% $200,000 or more (5).
How does Registered Respiratory Therapist pay compare with the whole list?
Its median, $112,331, is 8.1% below the median of everyone on the 2025 list ($122,262).
How much does a Registered Respiratory Therapist make at London Health Sciences Centre?
The median salary of the 79 people with this title at London Health Sciences Centre was $111,742 in 2025.
How much does a Registered Respiratory Therapist make at Hamilton Health Sciences?
The median salary of the 68 people with this title at Hamilton Health Sciences was $112,398 in 2025.
How much does a Registered Respiratory Therapist make at The Hospital For Sick Children?
The median salary of the 41 people with this title at The Hospital For Sick Children was $113,657 in 2025.
Has Registered Respiratory Therapist pay gone up?
The median fell 1.8% from 2024 ($114,386) to 2025. In 2015 it was $103,468.
What does “salary paid” include?
What the employer paid in the calendar year, so it can include overtime, retroactive pay, vacation payouts, severance or a partial year. Taxable benefits are listed separately. How the lists work
Why is someone not on the list?
Only people paid $100,000 or more in the year are listed, and only by the public employers the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 covers. Someone paid less that year, or working elsewhere, does not appear.