CHIEF, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

Seniority - Level 4: Executive

Sunshine Members - 2025 317
+2 (+0.6%) vs 2024
Average Sunshine Salary - 2025 $212,482.94
+$12,895 (+6.5%) vs 2024

Position Economics

Salary range and market performance.

Salary Spread
$102k $582k

Lowest to Highest reported in 2025

Historical Growth
90.8% BEATING INFLATION

Since 1996

Market Presence
273 Employers

Hiring this role in 2025

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Quick Insight: The highest paid individual in this role works at REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF PEEL and earns 174% more than the provincial average for this title in the 2025 sunshine list.

Salary Evolution

Historical average salary for this position over time.

* Data represents annual average based on provincial disclosures.

Market Distribution

Comparative analysis of volume vs. compensation for this role.

Hiring Volume by Sector

Municipalities & Services 256 Staff
Universities 31 Staff
Other Public Sector Employers 24 Staff
Crown Agencies 3 Staff
Government of Ontario – Ministries 1 Staff

Top Employers, Ranked by Average Salary

REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF PEEL $581,808
TOWN OF CALEDON $448,001
CITY OF BRAMPTON $381,737
REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK $375,023
REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM $364,165

Gender Breakdown

Comparing the first recorded year to the most recent data.

Male
Female
Unknown
Latest: 2025 Based on: 317 Sunshine Employees
59%
39%
1%
81%
19%
Earliest: 1996 Based on: 21 Sunshine Employees
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Trend Insight: Female representation has grown by 39.4% since this position first appeared on the list, while the total workforce has increased.

Gender Salary Gap

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Historical Context: Over the last 30 years, the data shows a historical Male advantage, with an average salary gap of $8,917 per year. This reflects the cumulative trend for CHIEF, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER across all recorded reporting periods.

Employee Salaries

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Name Employer Year Salary
Gary Kent Regional Municipality of Peel 2025 $581,808.37
Nathan D Hyde Town of Caledon 2025 $448,001.25
Marlon Kallideen City of Brampton 2025 $381,736.99
Erin Mahoney Regional Municipality of York 2025 $375,023.21
Elaine Baxter-Trahair Regional Municipality of Durham 2025 $364,165.43
Michael Duben Municipality of Chatham-Kent 2025 $347,276.10
Andrew Farr Regional Municipality of Halton 2025 $344,877.62
Andrew Taylor City of Markham 2025 $343,491.98
Denis Bourguignon University of Toronto 2025 $342,072.51
Jane Clohecy Town of Oakville 2025 $342,064.01
Lauren Jackson Regional Municipality of Peel - Police Services 2025 $340,851.35
Andrew Siltala Town of Milton 2025 $340,850.41
Michael Prowse City of Barrie 2025 $339,568.17
Victoria Ostler University of Toronto 2025 $338,660.03
Mark Valcic Town of East Gwillimbury 2025 $337,886.17
Mark Aitken County of Simcoe 2025 $336,830.82
Ryan Cronsberry Town of Georgina 2025 $336,573.23
Raymond Mensour City of Windsor 2025 $333,504.54
Jasbir Raina City of Peterborough 2025 $330,327.19
Scott Wilson County of Wellington 2025 $330,030.46
Mathieu Goetzke Regional Municipality of Waterloo 2025 $327,491.56
Daniel Chapman City of Kitchener 2025 $324,429.64
Daniel Kostopoulos Township of King 2025 $317,963.56
Ronald Tripp Regional Municipality of Niagara 2025 $317,454.43
Matthew Gaskell Town of Whitby 2025 $314,475.58
Giuseppe Milicia Town of LaSalle 2025 $313,604.59
Ian Mcdougall Town of Newmarket 2025 $312,740.38
Jason Burgess City of Niagara Falls 2025 $311,914.93
Lanie Hurdle City of Kingston 2025 $311,438.89
William Rayburn County of Middlesex 2025 $306,652.09
Douglas Nadorozny Town of Aurora 2025 $305,489.74
Tracy Adams City of Oshawa 2025 $305,165.42
Mary-Anne Dempster Municipality of Clarington 2025 $303,133.08
Tim Anderson City of Waterloo 2025 $302,315.44
Julie Stevens District Municipality of Muskoka 2025 $301,359.67
Chris Mills Town of Halton Hills 2025 $298,328.16
David Smith Town of Orangeville 2025 $298,197.34
Sunny Bains Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville 2025 $295,383.94
Stephane Thiffeault County of Lambton 2025 $291,727.73
Jennifer Moore County of Northumberland 2025 $290,283.08
Shane Baker Town of Ajax 2025 $289,721.29
Alcino (Al) Meneses County of Norfolk 2025 $286,278.26
Oliver Jerschow Town of Innisfil 2025 $285,650.95
Andrew Mcneill Town of Wasaga Beach 2025 $283,466.40
David Oakes City of St. Catharines 2025 $283,015.22
Debra Lynkowski Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 2025 $281,794.96
Chris Carter City of Sarnia 2025 $278,999.44
Marisa Carpino City of Pickering 2025 $278,553.16
Benjamin Addley County of Oxford 2025 $277,596.20
David Landers City of Timmins 2025 $276,659.31
Blair Dunker Office of the Chief Election Officer 2025 $276,199.84
Tara Baker City of Guelph 2025 $275,721.46
Curt Benson City of Burlington 2025 $275,103.31
Michael Bradley City of Brantford 2025 $272,069.24
Liuhong Hele Huang University of Toronto 2025 $270,981.01
Margaret Misek-Evans Town of Tecumesh 2025 $270,476.42
Geoffrey Mcknight Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury 2025 $268,201.29
Mohamed Shafeek Kinark Child & Family Services 2025 $268,132.20
Ed Archer City of Greater Sudbury 2025 $266,032.02
Kenneth Paul Handley University of Toronto 2025 $265,720.96
Sean Conroy Ontario Northland Transportation Commission 2025 $265,159.50
Mike Kirkopoulos Town of Lincoln 2025 $264,544.92
Joyce Hahn University of Toronto 2025 $264,168.51
Jane Maccaskill Regional Municipality of Halton 2025 $263,757.20
Lisa Simpson-Camilleri University of Toronto 2025 $263,143.00
Sean Keays Foyer Richelieu Welland 2025 $261,507.93
Neil Garbe Town of New Tecumseth 2025 $260,221.66
Marcia Wallace County of Prince Edward 2025 $256,893.59
Sandra Zwiers County of Essex 2025 $256,861.74
Dan Wilson Township of Centre Wellington 2025 $256,422.21
Peter Neufeld Municipality of Leamington 2025 $254,176.33
Sonya Skinner Town of Collingwood 2025 $252,902.83
Matthew Macdonald City of Belleville 2025 $252,737.70
Rob Adams Town of Erin 2025 $250,648.27
Tom Vair City of Sault Ste. Marie 2025 $250,285.52
John Norton Town of Kingsville 2025 $249,033.01
Ron Taylor City of Kawartha Lakes 2025 $248,839.71
Hassaan Basit City of Burlington 2025 $248,432.70
Chris Mcqueen Town of Fort Erie 2025 $247,530.89
Tracey Vaughan Town of Cobourg 2025 $245,150.99
Sharon Chambers Township of Wilmot 2025 $244,705.76
Joseph Mancina City of Windsor 2025 $244,069.83
Kyle Pratt Town of Tillsonburg 2025 $243,064.00
John Severino City of North Bay 2025 $243,054.20
Brenda Orchard County of Lennox & Addington 2025 $241,459.49
Bryan Boles City of Port Colborne 2025 $239,791.10
Vivian Chan Toronto Metropolitan University 2025 $238,576.07
Manoj Dilwaria City of Thorold 2025 $237,970.02
Alison Newton County of Brant 2025 $237,435.32
Pierre Voisine City of Clarence-Rockland 2025 $237,394.25
Truper Mcbride Township of West Lincoln 2025 $236,362.63
Jason Inwood Township of Seguin 2025 $235,453.05
Angela Coleman Conservation Ontario 2025 $235,210.94
Stephen Rettie Town of Bracebridge 2025 $235,163.24
Paul Shipway County of Middlesex 2025 $234,728.97
David Creery City of Woodstock 2025 $234,344.36
Connor Dorey County of Hastings 2025 $233,617.29
Samantha Lawson Grand River Conservation Authority 2025 $232,896.23
Glen Morales University of Toronto 2025 $232,178.53
Randy Scherzer County of Grey 2025 $231,682.72
Blaine Parkin County of Elgin 2025 $231,575.96
Gail Jackson Township of Ramara 2025 $230,968.66
Gary Dyke County of Haliburton 2025 $230,287.60
Valerie Critchley Town of Amherstburg 2025 $230,218.96
Kriss Snell Municipality of North Perth 2025 $229,543.81
Mathieu Rochon-Fleury City of Cornwall 2025 $229,464.90
Renee Brost University of Toronto 2025 $229,363.00
Jeffrey Lees Town of Penetanguishene 2025 $227,368.16
Meighan Wark County of Huron 2025 $227,044.60
Shari Lichterman City of Greater Sudbury 2025 $226,751.52
Robert Baldwin Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority 2025 $225,949.56
David Cribbs Town of Pelham 2025 $225,050.79
John Ferguson Township of Clearview 2025 $224,829.92
Shawn Binns Township of Oro-Medonte 2025 $224,128.89
Sarah Kim Town of Grimsby 2025 $223,813.64
Jessica Ruddell City of Welland 2025 $223,547.10
Maureen Adams United Counties of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry 2025 $222,663.77
Rhonda Bunn Town of Midland 2025 $221,145.13
Laurie Kennard Township of Severn 2025 $220,762.04
Kara Van Myall Town of Saugeen Shores 2025 $220,583.23
David Barrick Municipality of Thames Centre 2025 $217,801.28
David Clazie City of Quinte West 2025 $217,692.33
Lori Wolfe County of Perth 2025 $217,440.49
Kurt Greaves County of Lanark 2025 $217,001.17
Roger Nesbitt City of Dryden 2025 $216,858.45
Ian Roger Township of Guelph/Eramosa 2025 $216,658.44
Diane Smithson Town of Carleton Place 2025 $216,543.20
Karen Govan Municipality of Grey Highlands 2025 $215,769.50
Chris Angelo City of Quinte West 2025 $215,602.53
Rob Axiak City of Welland 2025 $215,452.24
Gina John University of Toronto 2025 $214,574.98
Christine D Macdonald County of Bruce 2025 $214,436.66
Arleen Morrin University of Toronto 2025 $214,170.02
Kyle Attanasio City of Kenora 2025 $213,842.54
Tammy Mackenzie District of Parry Sound Social Services Administration Board 2025 $213,536.69
Tyson Cragg Town of Lakeshore 2025 $213,185.70
Svina Dhaliwal City of Toronto - Police Service 2025 $212,787.40
Carey Herd Municipality of Central Elgin 2025 $212,546.40
Jillene Bellchamber-Glazier Municipality of Kincardine 2025 $211,943.67
Michael Di Lullo Municipality of Middlesex Centre 2025 $210,011.41
David Pink Township of Muskoka Lakes 2025 $209,913.48
Rainier Grutman University of Ottawa 2025 $208,013.00
Adam Smith Town of the Blue Mountains 2025 $206,973.94
Kevin Farrell County of Frontenac 2025 $206,566.15
Melanie Shaye District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board 2025 $206,456.87
Denyse Morrissey Town of Shelburne 2025 $205,313.23
Laurie Spence Bannerman Municipality of Bluewater 2025 $205,311.37
Clayton Harris Town of Parry Sound 2025 $203,915.68
Warren Mar Township of Scugog 2025 $202,721.41
John Rodey Township of St. Clair 2025 $202,001.85
Janice Hallahan Town of Goderich 2025 $201,750.16
Eva Gladish University of Toronto 2025 $200,564.48
Scott Lucas Town of Gravenhurst 2025 $200,013.51
Kristi Honey Township of Uxbridge 2025 $199,886.40
Philippe-Thierry Douamba University of Ottawa 2025 $199,702.00
Lynn Rivard University of Ottawa 2025 $199,673.00
Baron Emanuel Township of Mapleton 2025 $199,652.68
Nada Nagy University of Ottawa 2025 $199,621.00
David Williamson Town of Northeastern Manitoulin & The Islands 2025 $199,146.36
Paul Bélanger University of Ottawa 2025 $198,591.00
Elana Arthurs Municipality of Brighton 2025 $198,353.33
Rebecca Murphy Loyalist Township 2025 $197,988.02
Terri Leroux Credit Valley Conservation Authority 2025 $197,664.91
Jean – Pierre Barbeau Municipality of West Nipissing 2025 $196,561.45
Matthew Grant Town of Greater Napanee 2025 $196,141.75
Sonya Watson Municipality of Brockton 2025 $196,068.91
John Quentin Hanchard Credit Valley Conservation Authority 2025 $195,958.13
Karen Dunlop Municipality of North Grenville 2025 $195,704.98
Rebekah Msuya-Collison Municipality of South Huron 2025 $195,313.11
Tamara Wilbee Municipality of Dysart et al 2025 $195,177.67
Greg Mariotti Township of Georgian Bay 2025 $194,566.54
Chantal Sabourin University of Ottawa 2025 $194,386.00
Ken Kelly Municipality of Mississippi Mills 2025 $193,484.83
Caroline Vuillermoz University of Ottawa 2025 $193,146.00
David Brenneman Township of Woolwich 2025 $193,042.88
Denise Corry Town of Huntsville 2025 $193,006.98
Janice Lavalley Township of Selwyn 2025 $192,909.71
Kevin Howey University of Toronto 2025 $192,242.64
Monika Malherbe Town of Cochrane 2025 $191,909.59
David Unrau City of Pembroke 2025 $191,783.29
Michael Mikael Township of Essa 2025 $191,509.92
David Kingma Wellington Dufferin Guelph Health Unit 2025 $190,968.26
Timothy Mills City of Cornwall 2025 $190,416.12
Andrew Mcneely Township of North Dumfries 2025 $190,245.38
Stephen Mcauley Municipality of Lambton Shores 2025 $190,066.77
Yvette Hurley Township of Cavan Monaghan 2025 $190,001.20
Daniel Azzi University of Ottawa 2025 $188,942.00
Brian Finner Town of Iroquois Falls 2025 $187,595.00
Susan Rodgers University of Toronto 2025 $187,362.48
Sean Patterson Town of Deep River 2025 $187,213.80
Michelle Willson Township of Brock 2025 $186,389.10
Maya Churbaji University of Toronto 2025 $186,330.37
Sean Siddik Toronto Metropolitan University 2025 $185,930.77
Cynthia Fletcher Township of Minden Hills 2025 $185,779.29
Charene Gillies Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board 2025 $185,148.60
Shannon Geraghty Township of Augusta 2025 $184,357.19
Stephen Preware University of Toronto 2025 $183,811.49
Donna Stewart Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board 2025 $183,784.65
Courtenay Hoytfox Township of Puslinch 2025 $183,315.04
Louise Fragnito Township of South Frontenac 2025 $182,308.10
Sean Nicholson Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal 2025 $182,219.20
Pierre Leroux The Nation Municipality 2025 $181,954.08
Rik Louwagie Township of Wellesley 2025 $181,782.01
Ken Nix Township of Scugog 2025 $181,545.00
Thomas Thayer Municipality of Bayham 2025 $181,504.27
Richard Godin Township of Russell 2025 $181,466.30
John Mackinnon Township of The Archipelago 2025 $180,913.17
Brooke Lambert Township of Wellington North 2025 $180,850.91
Joseph Pittari Alcohol & Gaming Commission of Ontario 2025 $180,061.48
Margaret Can Mierlo-West Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula 2025 $180,018.33
Shellee Fournier Township of Rideau Lakes 2025 $179,740.78
Mark Becker Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh 2025 $179,462.40
Phyllis Lepore Babcock University of Toronto 2025 $179,332.99
Roger Ramkissoon Town of Cobourg 2025 $179,075.78
Peter Avgoustis Township of East Garafraxa 2025 $178,897.57
Sophia Chan-Combrink ventureLAB Innovation Centre 2025 $178,873.36
Adam Sobanski Town of Plympton-Wyoming 2025 $178,117.90
Brent Kittmer Town of St. Marys 2025 $178,061.09
Lucas Debi Township of South Stormont 2025 $177,929.54
Michael Givens Township of Perth East 2025 $177,578.16
Melanie Kirkby Town of Gananoque 2025 $177,130.48
Gregory Furtney Town of Minto 2025 $177,074.06
William Jones Town of South Bruce Peninsula 2025 $177,047.12
Andrew Grozelle Town of Aylmer 2025 $176,690.58
Aaron Gullins Township of Ignace 2025 $176,182.47
Malcolm Morris Town of Smiths Falls 2025 $176,063.72
Michael Touw Town of Perth 2025 $175,557.60
Heather Fedy Lutherwood 2025 $175,254.20
Jim Ellis Township of Southgate 2025 $174,941.60
Samuel Cardarelli Town of Hawkesbury 2025 $174,053.08
Mélissa Lamoureux University of Ottawa 2025 $172,201.00
Mark Wright Municipality of Greenstone 2025 $171,759.30
Josh Brick Township of Blandford-Blenheim 2025 $171,508.19
Arthur Anderson Township of Hamilton 2025 $171,449.58
Sherri Walden Town of Hanover 2025 $171,339.63
Kathleen Persaud Attorney General 2025 $169,526.17
Jodi Macarthur Township of Huron-Kinloss 2025 $169,497.12
Carolyn Tripp Municipality of North Middlesex 2025 $169,435.90
Amanda Gubbels Municipality of Southwest Middlesex 2025 $168,409.51
Paul Derouard Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe'iyewigamig 2025 $167,793.10
Leanne Martin Municipality of South Bruce 2025 $167,668.74
Jamie Fawthrop Township of South Glengarry 2025 $167,126.73
Evan Donohue University of Toronto 2025 $167,027.48
Lynn Phillips Municipality of Trent Hills 2025 $166,832.96
Mary Ellen Greb Township of South-West Oxford 2025 $166,720.95
Robin Paquette Town of Arnprior 2025 $165,993.99
Angela Bird Township of Algonquin Highlands 2025 $165,701.21
Eric Picard Town of Hearst 2025 $165,028.00
Alana Solman Township of North Kawartha 2025 $164,578.00
Kevin Tessier Township of Champlain 2025 $164,433.09
Alan Smith Town of Kirkland Lake 2025 $163,402.00
Judith Meyntz Township of Chapleau 2025 $162,610.81
Timothy Wilson Sunbeam Community & Developmental Services 2025 $161,608.75
Angela Rutley Township of North Dundas 2025 $160,057.82
Marc Gagnon Municipality of French River 2025 $159,800.36
Robert Browning Township of Strathroy-Caradoc 2025 $159,560.29
Marcel Michaels Town of Fort Frances 2025 $158,735.45
Gloria Raybone Town of Renfrew 2025 $158,595.18
Terry Lee Collins Unionville Home Society 2025 $158,111.90
Cathy Ryder Township of Drummond-North Elmsley 2025 $157,712.00
Brad Mcnevin Quinte Conservation Authority 2025 $155,836.86
Morgan Calvert Township of Adelaide Metcalfe 2025 $155,100.81
Robin Greenall Municipality of West Elgin 2025 $154,805.66
Diane Larder Township of Zorra 2025 $154,456.54
Sandra Lee City of Temiskaming Shores 2025 $154,198.18
Todd Davis Township of Douro-Dummer 2025 $153,921.84
Nathan Dias Township of Malahide 2025 $153,844.72
Christopher Kalimootoo Township of Adjala-Tosorontio 2025 $153,357.36
Cristina Huerta Marin University of Toronto 2025 $153,043.04
Stephen Donachey Township of Leeds & The Thousand Islands 2025 $152,524.96
Mike Melinyshyn Municipality of Port Hope 2025 $151,941.23
Ivan Burton Township of Whitewater Region 2025 $151,302.92
Geoff Carleton Township of Lake of Bays 2025 $149,991.23
Renee Mask Township of Greater Madawaska 2025 $147,345.71
Jessica Rudy Municipality of Huron East 2025 $147,088.13
Daniel Hobson Municipality of West Perth 2025 $145,994.23
Michelle Hendry Municipality of Red Lake 2025 $145,163.00
Kerstin Vroom Municipality of Magnetawan 2025 $144,091.36
Trisha Mckibbin Township of Strathroy-Caradoc 2025 $143,415.25
Tammy Cook Lakehead Region Conservation Authority 2025 $142,984.09
Jason Young Town of Atikokan 2025 $141,489.33
Scott Luey City of Port Colborne 2025 $141,335.15
Jason White Township of Stone Mills 2025 $140,797.55
Emily Dance Municipality of Arran-Elderslie 2025 $140,218.89
Corey Klatt Township of North Frontenac 2025 $139,978.62
Shawn Everitt Municipality of Meaford 2025 $139,047.30
Lars Pastrik Deafblind & Sensory Support Network of Canada 2025 $138,686.10
Suzanne Charbonneau-Dent Township of Lanark Highlands 2025 $138,613.32
Colin Howard Town of Petawawa 2025 $137,930.17
Jo Ann Mattina De Dwa Da Dehs Nye's Aboriginal Health Centre 2025 $137,097.00
Martin Giguère University of Ottawa 2025 $136,993.00
Albert Horsman United Counties of Leeds & Grenville 2025 $136,973.76
Lindsay A. Lee Township of McNab/Braeside 2025 $136,252.32
Alton Hobbs Township of Assiginack 2025 $135,000.00
Gilles Giguere Township of Black River-Matheson 2025 $134,859.55
Carla Preston Township of Tyendinaga 2025 $132,876.48
Benjamin De Haan Municipality of South Dundas 2025 $132,379.27
Gratia Derde University of Ottawa 2025 $131,743.00
Tammy Gorgerat Township of Killaloe, Hagarty & Richards 2025 $130,150.22
Amanda Matheson Mills Community Support Corporation 2025 $128,118.77
Joan Thomson City of Stratford 2025 $127,741.20
Vasiliki Mavroutsikos Human Rights Legal Support Centre 2025 $126,999.86
Nelson Santos Township of North Huron 2025 $126,413.25
Fred Tranquilli Township of Perth South 2025 $126,371.29
Jennifer Charkavi Township of Admaston/Bromley 2025 $122,668.85
Lu Zhang Family Service Association of Toronto 2025 $122,422.99
Doug Sweet Town of Essex 2025 $122,419.35
Dina Lundy Township of Southgate 2025 $120,701.60
Meena Mullur Township of North Dundas 2025 $120,324.11
Guylain Baril Town of Kapuskasing 2025 $119,423.97
Karen Frigault Municipality of Trent Hills 2025 $117,072.95
Mark Figliomeni Township of Red Rock 2025 $115,944.64
Nicholas Ruller Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake 2025 $110,582.90
Brandon Day Community Builders Construction 2025 $110,105.56
Gayle Jackson City of Orillia 2025 $104,598.10
Lars Moffatt Township of Nipigon 2025 $104,278.48
Heather Gropp Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls 2025 $101,782.96


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