Social Worker /Travailleur social salary in Ontario
167 people with this title were paid $100,000 or more in 2025. Half earned between $108,619 and $113,461.
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| 2018 | $101,346 |
| 2019 | $103,132 |
| 2020 | $101,807 |
| 2021 | $100,940 |
| 2022 | $100,597 |
| 2023 | $101,282 |
| 2024 | $116,179 |
| 2025 | $112,861 |
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People with this title by salary, 2025.
Same job, different employer
Median salary at each of the 5 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 Social Worker /Travailleur social in Ontario’s public sector?
$112,861 among the 167 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 Social Worker /Travailleur social on the list earn?
Half were paid between $108,619 and $113,461 in 2025; the highest salary was $146,677.
Which employer pays Social Worker /Travailleur social the most?
Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare: a median of $116,688 among 42 people in 2025, the highest of the employers with 5 or more in this job.
Which employer has the most people with the title Social Worker /Travailleur social?
The Ottawa Hospital, with 73 on the 2025 list.
How many people with the title Social Worker /Travailleur social are on the list?
167 in 2025, up from 6 in 2018.
What share of people with the title Social Worker /Travailleur social are paid $150,000 or more?
0% of those on the 2025 list (0 people), and 0% $200,000 or more (0).
How does Social Worker /Travailleur social pay compare with the whole list?
Its median, $112,861, is 7.7% below the median of everyone on the 2025 list ($122,262).
How much does a Social Worker /Travailleur social make at The Ottawa Hospital?
The median salary of the 73 people with this title at The Ottawa Hospital was $113,061 in 2025.
How much does a Social Worker /Travailleur social make at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare?
The median salary of the 42 people with this title at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare was $116,688 in 2025.
How much does a Social Worker /Travailleur social make at Niagara Health System?
The median salary of the 34 people with this title at Niagara Health System was $112,125 in 2025.
Has Social Worker /Travailleur social pay gone up?
The median fell 2.9% from 2024 ($116,179) to 2025. In 2018 it was $101,346.
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.