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FIRE FIGHTER, 1ST CLASS

Seniority - Level 1: Professional/Staff

Sunshine Members - 2025 158
-7 (-4.2%) vs 2024
Average Sunshine Salary - 2025 $128,644.29
+$1,488 (+1.2%) vs 2024

Position Economics

Salary range and market performance.

Salary Spread
$104k — $154k

Lowest to Highest reported in 2025

Historical Growth
25.4% NOT BEATING INFLATION

Since 2007

Market Presence
2 Employers

Hiring this role in 2025

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Quick Insight: The highest paid individual in this role works at CITY OF ST. CATHARINES and earns 20% 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 158 Staff

Top Employers, Ranked by Average Salary

CITY OF ST. CATHARINES $135,023
TOWN OF NEWMARKET - CENTRAL YORK FIRE SERVICES $123,304

Gender Breakdown

Comparing the first recorded year to the most recent data.

Male
Female
Unknown
Latest: 2025 Based on: 158 Sunshine Employees
92%
6%
2%
100%
Earliest: 2007 Based on: 17 Sunshine Employees
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Trend Insight: Female representation has grown by 6.3% 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 18 years, the data shows a historical Male advantage, with an average salary gap of $392 per year. This reflects the cumulative trend for FIRE FIGHTER, 1ST CLASS across all recorded reporting periods.

Employee Salaries

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Name Employer Year Salary
Eric C Farlow City of St. Catharines 2025 $153,986.15
Chris Macaulay City of St. Catharines 2025 $150,800.02
Jonathon G Hoogendoorn City of St. Catharines 2025 $150,277.18
Gregory R Clark City of St. Catharines 2025 $150,231.83
Quinn Hofland City of St. Catharines 2025 $148,294.54
Jacob M Martin City of St. Catharines 2025 $148,055.59
Erv Bergen City of St. Catharines 2025 $147,798.62
Liam J Kooyman City of St. Catharines 2025 $146,865.12
Philip A Topa City of St. Catharines 2025 $146,672.33
Steven E Mcaulay City of St. Catharines 2025 $145,788.63
Christopher Dwyer City of St. Catharines 2025 $145,478.55
Corey Hanna Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $144,452.11
Jason Dunkerley Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $143,667.30
Tai Yap City of St. Catharines 2025 $143,607.61
David Brown City of St. Catharines 2025 $143,259.46
Giancarlo Rapanaro City of St. Catharines 2025 $141,170.66
Arcangelo Giampa City of St. Catharines 2025 $141,101.18
Adam R Johnstone City of St. Catharines 2025 $140,914.88
Christopher Kowalczuk City of St. Catharines 2025 $140,866.75
Kristy Paterson Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $140,680.33
Richard Friesen City of St. Catharines 2025 $140,579.49
Benjamin A Hould City of St. Catharines 2025 $140,430.34
Chad M Bigger City of St. Catharines 2025 $140,408.95
Jonathan Foss City of St. Catharines 2025 $140,028.07
Sean A Mckee City of St. Catharines 2025 $139,616.65
Gregory S Hyde City of St. Catharines 2025 $139,491.34
Allen Cook Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $139,297.00
Matthew Shier Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $138,346.38
Kevin M Koch City of St. Catharines 2025 $137,056.27
Jordan Van Egmond City of St. Catharines 2025 $137,009.33
Michael Mota City of St. Catharines 2025 $137,005.48
Corey Lawrence Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $136,828.55
Aaron J Lynett City of St. Catharines 2025 $136,230.09
Kyle R Hutchison City of St. Catharines 2025 $135,983.15
Ben W Dick City of St. Catharines 2025 $135,543.79
Ryan Caughlin City of St. Catharines 2025 $135,508.55
Richard Hotson City of St. Catharines 2025 $135,197.89
Jacob Stevenson City of St. Catharines 2025 $134,834.91
Kenneth D Merry City of St. Catharines 2025 $134,826.54
John Schwenker City of St. Catharines 2025 $134,580.29
William J Friesen City of St. Catharines 2025 $134,349.81
Mitchell Delle Monache City of St. Catharines 2025 $134,116.84
Todd Courtney Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $133,822.58
Jeffrey Caldwell Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $133,481.95
David Barszcz City of St. Catharines 2025 $133,180.81
Maxim Manojlovich City of St. Catharines 2025 $133,158.12
Jamie S Lee City of St. Catharines 2025 $133,108.77
Zachary C Hargraves City of St. Catharines 2025 $132,926.72
James Hill City of St. Catharines 2025 $132,849.77
Joshua G Canning City of St. Catharines 2025 $132,622.15
Larry E Shapley City of St. Catharines 2025 $132,588.62
Nathanael Hould City of St. Catharines 2025 $132,320.46
Dino Garofalo Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $131,974.10
Steven Frech City of St. Catharines 2025 $131,932.57
Christopher Slota City of St. Catharines 2025 $131,932.57
Shawn Bennett City of St. Catharines 2025 $131,932.57
Matthew I Simatovic City of St. Catharines 2025 $131,741.26
Christopher Bartley City of St. Catharines 2025 $131,627.17
Emily Toffoli City of St. Catharines 2025 $131,484.47
Christopher Williams Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $131,417.02
Nyssa A Laing City of St. Catharines 2025 $131,138.14
Brant Dealy Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $131,064.63
Gavin Turner Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $131,008.24
Michael Waters City of St. Catharines 2025 $130,863.83
John Mumford Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $130,597.92
Daniel Dipietro City of St. Catharines 2025 $130,530.67
Sean Mahoney Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $130,233.96
Tuker Payment Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $130,233.37
Alex Simard Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $129,962.52
Joseph Hill City of St. Catharines 2025 $129,733.68
Christopher Greenfield Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $129,430.58
Darryl Bryan Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $129,398.25
Philip Montgomery Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $129,271.46
Brent J Alvaro City of St. Catharines 2025 $129,221.38
Andrew K Harpwood City of St. Catharines 2025 $129,175.69
Justin Cooper Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $129,067.28
Jamie Dears Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $128,847.20
Michael Hofland City of St. Catharines 2025 $128,628.32
Daniel Sinke City of St. Catharines 2025 $128,479.00
David Boucher Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $128,472.43
Michael T Bell City of St. Catharines 2025 $128,183.18
Anthony Stranges City of St. Catharines 2025 $128,124.42
Corin Bechthold-Coon Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $127,897.19
Phillip Vanduzen Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $127,739.19
Gord Pearce Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $127,659.30
Steve Martin Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $127,647.76
Douglas Vrolijk City of St. Catharines 2025 $127,573.59
Kevin Cunnington Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $127,565.91
Robert Turbach Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $127,201.60
William Moses Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $126,987.36
Daultan Leveille City of St. Catharines 2025 $126,358.61
Jesse Uhde City of St. Catharines 2025 $126,022.66
Chris Wise Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $125,981.07
Thomas Johnston Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $125,910.72
Bradley F Goertzen City of St. Catharines 2025 $125,882.55
Jonathan Healy Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $125,855.40
Joe Rodrigues City of St. Catharines 2025 $125,582.89
Paul Willms City of St. Catharines 2025 $125,533.49
James Odell Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $125,374.49
Christopher Karagiannis Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $125,328.80
Craig Jm Rohoman City of St. Catharines 2025 $125,203.42
Zachary Welch City of St. Catharines 2025 $125,027.24
Gordon Cook Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $125,023.93
Amber Bowman Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $124,749.33
Darren Walters Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $124,588.39
Scott Tadema Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $124,458.26
Giorgio Mallia Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $124,346.32
Joshua Tibbitts Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $123,826.80
Christopher Russell Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $123,729.95
Cole Fullerton Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $123,475.46
Kyle Labonte City of St. Catharines 2025 $123,316.47
Colin Graham Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $123,300.21
Michael Head Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $123,186.41
David Felhaber Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $122,763.84
Michael Hutten Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $122,763.69
Frank Middleton Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $122,375.55
Corey Cheropita City of St. Catharines 2025 $122,300.15
John Neisen Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $122,173.16
Robert Preston Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $122,151.07
Benjamin Hankins Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $121,965.10
Bradley Miller Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $121,458.13
Mark Cox Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $121,344.59
Steven Mcclennon City of St. Catharines 2025 $121,256.74
David Humphrys Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $121,116.84
Matthew Mckendry Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $120,945.74
Adamo Cassullo Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $120,644.71
Scott Porter Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $120,486.68
Crystal Bradbury Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $119,901.26
Melanie Linn Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $119,600.45
Lukas Chew Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $119,483.78
Dylan Wright Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $119,424.71
Mitchell Price Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $119,329.45
Joshua Martin Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $118,966.78
Martin Maurice Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $118,657.74
Catherine Bourrie Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $118,632.19
Chad Smith Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $118,243.10
Mitchell Chapeskie Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $118,059.45
Adamo Marcangelo Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $117,860.94
Christopher Perrella Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $117,649.61
Lucas Stonehouse Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $117,063.36
Jeffrey Ashton Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $116,511.22
Brandon Chadwick Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $116,453.75
Amanda Leigh Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $116,369.57
Robert Horton Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $115,157.38
Thomas Fortin Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $114,878.96
Aaron Ham Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $113,555.77
Scott Plamondon Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $113,193.90
Michael Manastersky Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $113,175.38
Gerard Timmers Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $112,964.97
Todd W Bickle City of St. Catharines 2025 $112,126.14
Benjamin Zwolman Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $111,560.02
Steven Donovan Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $111,117.88
Joshua Topa Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $110,809.94
Thomas Hendy Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $110,358.88
Jordan Blaser Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $109,368.65
Lindsay Henselwood Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $109,169.43
Brooklin Bamlett Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $109,119.02
Joshua Eliot Town of Newmarket - Central York Fire Services 2025 $103,946.45

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