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Senior Operations Manager salary in Ontario

80 people with this title were paid $100,000 or more in 2025. Half earned between $124,772 and $148,153.

Median salary
$136,018
+16.7% vs 2024
People on the list
80
Middle half
$125K–$148K
Highest
$170,226

Median salary by year

Among people with this title on the list.

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2014$102,617
2015$103,217
2016$103,010
2017$104,428
2018$110,921
2019$110,757
2020$108,979
2021$113,070
2022$111,686
2023$113,142
2024$116,575
2025$136,018

Pay bands

People with this title by salary, 2025.

$100K–$125K21
$125K–$150K43
$150K–$200K16
$200K–$300K0
$300K or more0

Employers with the most

Highest paid in 2025

#NameEmployerSalaryBenefitsChange
1Chris PanagopoulosPublic and Business Service Delivery and Procurement$170,226$193+$28,557 (+20.2%)
2Daniel RawlinsOntario Clean Water Agency$160,870$4,660+$31,587 (+24.4%)
3Blaine MirandaOntario Clean Water Agency$159,771$175+$31,549 (+24.6%)
4Rodney DupuisOntario Clean Water Agency$159,570$2,718+$33,977 (+27.1%)
5Sheldon BelbinOntario Clean Water Agency$158,906$175+$24,616 (+18.3%)
6Daniel MacleodOntario Clean Water Agency$158,702$173+$34,524 (+27.8%)
7Kevin HoOntario Clean Water Agency$157,477$170+$33,455 (+27.0%)
8Denny RodriguesOntario Clean Water Agency$157,063$1,792+$29,169 (+22.8%)
9Gregg GagnonOntario Clean Water Agency$156,007$3,125+$25,612 (+19.6%)
10Matthew Kalmar WahtrasOntario Clean Water Agency$155,910$164+$37,481 (+31.6%)
11Jeremy ManningOntario Clean Water Agency$154,854$4,276+$24,556 (+18.8%)
12Jennifer PaquettePublic and Business Service Delivery and Procurement$154,808$175new
13Mike Da SilvaPublic and Business Service Delivery and Procurement$153,749$168+$33,882 (+28.3%)
14Mitchel BradleyOntario Clean Water Agency$152,789$2,075+$33,474 (+28.1%)
15Paul DyrdaOntario Clean Water Agency$150,737$292+$32,838 (+27.9%)
16Adrian SwidzinskiOntario Clean Water Agency$150,631$175+$21,219 (+16.4%)
17Ashley PilgrimOntario Clean Water Agency$149,972$163+$32,858 (+28.1%)
18Blagoj PavlovOntario Clean Water Agency$148,712$158+$36,557 (+32.6%)
19Alton WilliamsOntario Clean Water Agency$148,540$149+$39,998 (+36.9%)
20Jason MankOntario Clean Water Agency$148,198$21,833new
21Stephane BarbarieOntario Clean Water Agency$148,153$166+$20,027 (+15.6%)
22Amber June CouplandOntario Clean Water Agency$147,532$1,944+$32,341 (+28.1%)
23Leo Paul FrigaultOntario Clean Water Agency$147,031$6,870+$32,214 (+28.1%)
24Darcy McdonaldOntario Clean Water Agency$146,697$137new
25Kevin SpecOntario Clean Water Agency$144,877$10,427+$31,664 (+28.0%)
26Robert SweetOntario Clean Water Agency$144,642$175+$4,695 (+3.4%)
27Jon CarterSir Sandford Fleming Of Applied Arts and Technology$143,921$93+$16,171 (+12.7%)
28Victor LegaultOntario Clean Water Agency$142,767$168+$27,724 (+24.1%)
29Donald IrvineOntario Clean Water Agency$141,736$1,221new
30Claude RancourtOntario Clean Water Agency$141,420$135new
31Ajitkumar KananOntario Clean Water Agency$141,061$130new
32Nicholas WilsonOntario Clean Water Agency$140,712$3,162+$36,464 (+35.0%)
33Charla BurtenshawPublic and Business Service Delivery and Procurement$139,519$153+$30,770 (+28.3%)
34Jodi StradeskiOntario Clean Water Agency$138,912$157+$16,596 (+13.6%)
35Robert LeblancOntario Clean Water Agency$138,453$1,825+$9,999 (+7.8%)
36Daniel ComartinOntario Clean Water Agency$137,786$2,284+$22,464 (+19.5%)
37Christopher Domenico CiarroccaOntario Clean Water Agency$137,457$158+$22,394 (+19.5%)
38Mark LauzonOntario Clean Water Agency$137,244$115new
39Robert MitchellOntario Clean Water Agency$136,558$1,705+$32,830 (+31.6%)
40Wesley HenneberryOntario Clean Water Agency$136,509$2,604+$30,396 (+28.6%)
41David O'ConnellOntario Clean Water Agency$135,527$18,775+$19,492 (+16.8%)
42Mark BouwOntario Clean Water Agency$135,520$1,162+$22,048 (+19.4%)
43Randall LieberOntario Clean Water Agency$135,344$4,035+$29,321 (+27.7%)
44Kenneth PenneyOntario Clean Water Agency$135,144$6,545+$25,868 (+23.7%)
45Nicholas LerouxOntario Clean Water Agency$134,998$2,160+$25,927 (+23.8%)
46Lisa CuryloOntario Clean Water Agency$134,434$161+$15,748 (+13.3%)
47Patti BoothOntario Clean Water Agency$134,427$18,867
48Nalaka JayamahaOntario Clean Water Agency$134,188$204−$21,546 (−13.8%)
49Patrick CoutureOntario Clean Water Agency$133,569$450new
50Mark RivardOntario Clean Water Agency$131,891$133new

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Questions and answers

What is the median salary for a Senior Operations Manager in Ontario’s public sector?

$136,018 among the 80 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 Senior Operations Manager on the list earn?

Half were paid between $124,772 and $148,153 in 2025; the highest salary was $170,226.

Which employer has the most people with the title Senior Operations Manager?

Ontario Clean Water Agency, with 74 on the 2025 list.

How many people with the title Senior Operations Manager are on the list?

80 in 2025, up from 10 in 2014.

What share of people with the title Senior Operations Manager are paid $150,000 or more?

20% of those on the 2025 list (16 people), and 0% $200,000 or more (0).

How does Senior Operations Manager pay compare with the whole list?

Its median, $136,018, is 11.3% above the median of everyone on the 2025 list ($122,262).

How much does a Senior Operations Manager make at Ontario Clean Water Agency?

The median salary of the 74 people with this title at Ontario Clean Water Agency was $135,432 in 2025.

Has Senior Operations Manager pay gone up?

The median rose 16.7% from 2024 ($116,575) to 2025. In 2014 it was $102,617.

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.