Senior Policy and Program Advisor salary in Ontario
69 people with this title were paid $100,000 or more in 2025. Half earned between $112,942 and $127,798.
Median salary by year
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| 2015 | $101,293 |
| 2016 | $100,253 |
| 2017 | $101,975 |
| 2018 | $103,588 |
| 2019 | $104,542 |
| 2020 | $106,627 |
| 2021 | $108,762 |
| 2022 | $109,416 |
| 2023 | $110,129 |
| 2024 | $118,899 |
| 2025 | $121,531 |
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People with this title by salary, 2025.
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Median salary at each of the 3 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 Senior Policy and Program Advisor in Ontario’s public sector?
$121,531 among the 69 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 Policy and Program Advisor on the list earn?
Half were paid between $112,942 and $127,798 in 2025; the highest salary was $170,189.
Which employer pays Senior Policy and Program Advisor the most?
Education: a median of $127,002 among 8 people in 2025, the highest of the employers with 5 or more in this job.
Which employer has the most people with the title Senior Policy and Program Advisor?
Health, with 38 on the 2025 list.
How many people with the title Senior Policy and Program Advisor are on the list?
69 in 2025, up from 11 in 2015.
What share of people with the title Senior Policy and Program Advisor are paid $150,000 or more?
1% of those on the 2025 list (1 people), and 0% $200,000 or more (0).
How does Senior Policy and Program Advisor pay compare with the whole list?
Its median, $121,531, is 0.6% below the median of everyone on the 2025 list ($122,262).
How much does a Senior Policy and Program Advisor make at Health?
The median salary of the 38 people with this title at Health was $117,717 in 2025.
How much does a Senior Policy and Program Advisor make at Education?
The median salary of the 8 people with this title at Education was $127,002 in 2025.
Has Senior Policy and Program Advisor pay gone up?
The median rose 2.2% from 2024 ($118,899) to 2025. In 2015 it was $101,293.
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.