FIRST CLASS FIRE FIGHTER

Seniority - Level 1: Professional/Staff

Sunshine Members - 2025 243
-1 (-0.4%) vs 2024
Average Sunshine Salary - 2025 $134,053.44
+$5,833 (+4.5%) vs 2024

Position Economics

Salary range and market performance.

Salary Spread
$107k $174k

Lowest to Highest reported in 2025

Historical Growth
27.4% NOT BEATING INFLATION

Since 2007

Market Presence
3 Employers

Hiring this role in 2025

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Quick Insight: The highest paid individual in this role works at TOWN OF WHITBY and earns 30% 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 243 Staff

Top Employers, Ranked by Average Salary

TOWN OF WHITBY $141,229
CITY OF WATERLOO $130,555
CITY OF KITCHENER $130,296

Gender Breakdown

Comparing the first recorded year to the most recent data.

Male
Female
Unknown
Latest: 2025 Based on: 243 Sunshine Employees
91%
9%
0%
100%
Earliest: 2007 Based on: 2 Sunshine Employees
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Trend Insight: Female representation has grown by 9.1% 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 17 years, the data shows a historical Male advantage, with an average salary gap of $3,867 per year. This reflects the cumulative trend for FIRST CLASS FIRE FIGHTER across all recorded reporting periods.

Employee Salaries

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Name Employer Year Salary
John Sotiriou Town of Whitby 2025 $174,343.14
Corey Mcleod Town of Whitby 2025 $167,022.20
Robert John White Town of Whitby 2025 $160,548.86
Craig Wilson Town of Whitby 2025 $159,619.15
David Bowman City of Kitchener 2025 $159,476.78
Jonathan Friel Town of Whitby 2025 $158,732.70
Mike Stokes City of Waterloo 2025 $157,248.07
Kevin Rathwell City of Kitchener 2025 $156,705.95
Daniel Prentice Town of Whitby 2025 $154,797.88
Adrian Pescador Town of Whitby 2025 $154,706.95
Patrick Chamula Town of Whitby 2025 $154,287.46
Josh Huggins City of Waterloo 2025 $153,357.90
Todd Gilchrist Town of Whitby 2025 $152,946.42
Connor Bolton Town of Whitby 2025 $152,140.95
Jeff Hughes Town of Whitby 2025 $152,068.83
Robert Currie Town of Whitby 2025 $151,469.40
Glenn Gear Town of Whitby 2025 $151,458.32
Ryan Reynolds Town of Whitby 2025 $151,353.77
Kevin Mavor Town of Whitby 2025 $150,856.56
Ryan Hockley Town of Whitby 2025 $150,063.37
Ryan Macdonald City of Kitchener 2025 $150,046.27
Drew Mitchell City of Waterloo 2025 $149,684.45
Craig Jewett City of Kitchener 2025 $149,596.94
Martin Mitchell Town of Whitby 2025 $149,281.97
Nicholas Dunham Town of Whitby 2025 $148,496.09
David Beukeboom Town of Whitby 2025 $148,411.14
Jordan Bowers Town of Whitby 2025 $148,204.36
Taylor Williamson Town of Whitby 2025 $147,668.73
Joe Weinstein City of Waterloo 2025 $147,151.43
David Allen Town of Whitby 2025 $146,328.52
Jarrett Latendresse Town of Whitby 2025 $146,094.13
Adam Streeter Town of Whitby 2025 $145,998.06
Corey Van Den Nest City of Kitchener 2025 $145,860.36
Michael Rogachevsky City of Waterloo 2025 $145,851.86
Scott Urry Town of Whitby 2025 $145,607.38
Adrian Award Town of Whitby 2025 $145,289.50
Joel Linton Town of Whitby 2025 $144,886.15
James Patterson Town of Whitby 2025 $144,297.98
Terry Williams Town of Whitby 2025 $144,144.49
Cameron Anderson Town of Whitby 2025 $143,943.45
James Bolle City of Kitchener 2025 $143,850.56
William Summerhayes City of Waterloo 2025 $143,727.94
Dylan Gallant Town of Whitby 2025 $143,381.12
Derek Mackenzie Town of Whitby 2025 $143,241.44
Jonathan Eldon Town of Whitby 2025 $143,173.85
Jacqueline Mowat Town of Whitby 2025 $143,163.23
Joshua Girard Town of Whitby 2025 $142,498.38
Angela Brandon Town of Whitby 2025 $142,323.11
Wesley Laverty Town of Whitby 2025 $142,228.54
Micah Clemmer City of Waterloo 2025 $142,156.78
Edward Readings City of Kitchener 2025 $142,044.31
Jacob Sisson Town of Whitby 2025 $141,882.04
Derek Copeland Town of Whitby 2025 $141,840.98
Craig Campbell Town of Whitby 2025 $141,573.25
James Mcdonald Town of Whitby 2025 $141,468.38
Ryan Donohoe Town of Whitby 2025 $141,314.46
Brett Gibson City of Waterloo 2025 $141,239.88
Jason Medeiros City of Waterloo 2025 $141,210.53
Nickolas Schad Town of Whitby 2025 $141,168.89
Rob Cannon Town of Whitby 2025 $140,973.75
Sheldon Lamoureux Town of Whitby 2025 $140,295.40
Bradley Robson Town of Whitby 2025 $140,280.83
Bradley Van De Ven Town of Whitby 2025 $139,682.64
Cliff Konrad City of Kitchener 2025 $139,350.09
Braeden Smith Town of Whitby 2025 $139,110.76
Peter Wragg Town of Whitby 2025 $138,710.09
Michael Bugelli Town of Whitby 2025 $138,705.14
Joel Bromley City of Kitchener 2025 $138,601.27
Russell Rodrigues City of Kitchener 2025 $138,567.86
Bryce Kipfer City of Waterloo 2025 $138,505.67
Daniel Martin City of Kitchener 2025 $138,232.22
Eric Nowak City of Waterloo 2025 $137,951.41
Edward Conboy Town of Whitby 2025 $137,782.30
Aaron Myny City of Waterloo 2025 $137,712.94
George Chalk Town of Whitby 2025 $137,655.11
Laura Gutscher City of Waterloo 2025 $137,283.08
Chad Dawe City of Kitchener 2025 $137,205.81
Robert Kozak City of Waterloo 2025 $137,010.23
Matthew Martin City of Kitchener 2025 $136,666.53
Richard Colwill City of Waterloo 2025 $136,629.93
Steve Myddelton Town of Whitby 2025 $136,628.74
Marc Berube Town of Whitby 2025 $136,558.53
Braden Wilson Town of Whitby 2025 $136,372.43
Justin Myles City of Kitchener 2025 $136,361.49
Ian Tomlinson Town of Whitby 2025 $136,340.79
Tyler Henry Town of Whitby 2025 $136,318.75
Michael Sward City of Kitchener 2025 $136,281.64
Kieran O'Rourke Town of Whitby 2025 $136,277.91
Ian Hawkins City of Kitchener 2025 $136,148.60
Thomas Atkinson-Graham Town of Whitby 2025 $135,856.62
Greg Toth City of Kitchener 2025 $135,843.47
Misha Maric Town of Whitby 2025 $135,843.02
Timothy Beer City of Kitchener 2025 $135,572.41
Wesley Leufkens Town of Whitby 2025 $135,259.16
Bradley Murrell City of Kitchener 2025 $135,248.05
Adino Rodrigues City of Waterloo 2025 $135,239.41
Matt Burkholder City of Waterloo 2025 $135,228.58
Sean Kelly Town of Whitby 2025 $135,213.01
Chad Valois Town of Whitby 2025 $134,762.56
Darcy Martin City of Kitchener 2025 $134,738.17
Brian Forbes City of Kitchener 2025 $134,518.97
Randy Simpson Town of Whitby 2025 $134,394.78
Phil Jarmuth City of Waterloo 2025 $134,393.45
Ryan Pitz City of Kitchener 2025 $134,346.80
Kyle Rank City of Waterloo 2025 $134,329.62
Chris Linklater City of Kitchener 2025 $134,209.98
Jason Swail Town of Whitby 2025 $134,155.28
Alexander Ehrlich City of Waterloo 2025 $134,098.57
Eric Baginski City of Kitchener 2025 $134,047.76
Kevin Grant Town of Whitby 2025 $134,047.24
Jeffrey Johnston City of Kitchener 2025 $133,783.57
Ian Bott City of Waterloo 2025 $133,602.46
Craig Mcinally City of Waterloo 2025 $133,580.40
Andrew Knowles City of Kitchener 2025 $133,487.68
Ashley Watson City of Kitchener 2025 $133,258.69
Darren Walsh City of Kitchener 2025 $133,150.05
David Posthumus City of Kitchener 2025 $133,150.05
Darcy Metzger City of Kitchener 2025 $133,150.05
Victoria Jones City of Kitchener 2025 $133,150.05
Curtis Jones City of Kitchener 2025 $133,150.05
Jeff Gardiner City of Kitchener 2025 $133,150.05
Michael Beckner City of Kitchener 2025 $133,150.05
David Popowich Town of Whitby 2025 $132,985.89
Dan Cross City of Waterloo 2025 $132,959.37
Darryl Hodgins City of Kitchener 2025 $132,873.99
Zachary Sine City of Waterloo 2025 $132,572.13
Shawna Coulter Town of Whitby 2025 $132,362.60
Keith Morris Town of Whitby 2025 $132,184.00
Dwayne Quigley City of Kitchener 2025 $132,164.39
Scott Simpson City of Kitchener 2025 $131,842.36
Adam Schaaf City of Waterloo 2025 $131,680.87
S. Glen Downey City of Waterloo 2025 $131,581.63
Neil Watterson City of Waterloo 2025 $131,541.33
Daniel Fogal City of Kitchener 2025 $131,496.98
Ryan Beatty Town of Whitby 2025 $131,444.11
Tanner Nivins City of Kitchener 2025 $131,410.24
Marcin Parobek City of Waterloo 2025 $131,205.04
Klint Kirwan Town of Whitby 2025 $131,140.71
Jill Mckeown Town of Whitby 2025 $131,135.56
Mark Milne Town of Whitby 2025 $130,962.34
Tristan Billinger Town of Whitby 2025 $130,810.14
Marc Beu City of Kitchener 2025 $130,373.27
Sean Shuttleworth Town of Whitby 2025 $130,281.53
Craig Parker City of Kitchener 2025 $130,234.10
Dan Arseneau City of Waterloo 2025 $130,199.08
Adam Leis City of Kitchener 2025 $129,986.94
Brandon Dietrich City of Kitchener 2025 $129,806.92
Ashleigh-Marie D'Souza Town of Whitby 2025 $129,780.00
Jody Rank City of Kitchener 2025 $129,724.79
Colton Merrick City of Kitchener 2025 $129,616.11
Gerald Latour City of Kitchener 2025 $129,529.08
Jessica Niereisel City of Kitchener 2025 $129,486.82
Andrew Linthorne City of Kitchener 2025 $129,486.82
Jeff Kolb City of Kitchener 2025 $129,486.82
Julian Knight City of Kitchener 2025 $129,486.82
David Bailey City of Kitchener 2025 $129,359.00
Adam Overgaard City of Waterloo 2025 $129,340.35
Quinn Seaton City of Kitchener 2025 $129,314.41
David Vaux City of Kitchener 2025 $129,289.57
Christopher Wise City of Kitchener 2025 $129,097.82
Brandon Jamieson City of Kitchener 2025 $129,045.00
Carl Button Town of Whitby 2025 $128,959.99
Tyler Scott City of Kitchener 2025 $128,925.20
Jeff Reynolds City of Kitchener 2025 $128,448.02
Ryan Groh City of Waterloo 2025 $128,430.59
Joanne Halcovitch City of Waterloo 2025 $128,107.95
Jessica Jokic City of Waterloo 2025 $128,107.95
Mark Cowderoy City of Waterloo 2025 $128,107.95
Brett Mckenzie City of Kitchener 2025 $128,008.22
Chad Collingwood City of Kitchener 2025 $128,000.06
Christopher Witt City of Waterloo 2025 $127,936.39
Sloan Stewart City of Kitchener 2025 $127,928.48
Dustin Mccrank City of Waterloo 2025 $127,816.27
Travis Dorken City of Kitchener 2025 $127,781.18
Joshua Bohnen City of Kitchener 2025 $127,770.00
Bengt Nyman City of Kitchener 2025 $127,680.01
Kevin Collins City of Waterloo 2025 $127,586.86
Matthew Devitt City of Waterloo 2025 $127,317.14
Matthew Mcbay Town of Whitby 2025 $127,303.93
Mark Lienhardt City of Waterloo 2025 $127,109.91
Richard Fedy City of Waterloo 2025 $127,099.01
Lucas Nanasi City of Kitchener 2025 $127,096.63
Ian Brunton City of Waterloo 2025 $126,919.66
Beverly Bradley City of Kitchener 2025 $126,836.46
Andrew Harasym City of Kitchener 2025 $126,816.65
Gabor Prantner City of Waterloo 2025 $126,783.29
Clayton Greer City of Kitchener 2025 $126,698.41
Ariel Hunsberger City of Kitchener 2025 $126,640.85
Tim Ritchie City of Kitchener 2025 $126,604.30
Nathan Klinkman City of Kitchener 2025 $126,560.90
Mike Hack City of Waterloo 2025 $126,509.02
Jeremy Woof City of Kitchener 2025 $126,476.89
Joseph Schumacher City of Waterloo 2025 $126,453.83
Jason Chamberlain City of Waterloo 2025 $126,453.83
Sam Murray City of Waterloo 2025 $126,299.72
Dario Benitez City of Kitchener 2025 $126,227.26
Jamar Williams City of Kitchener 2025 $126,107.67
Jan-Michael Reyner City of Kitchener 2025 $126,070.00
Nick Palmer City of Kitchener 2025 $125,988.05
Jonathan Gault City of Kitchener 2025 $125,987.87
John Advento City of Kitchener 2025 $125,863.54
Blake Voisin City of Waterloo 2025 $125,575.56
Bryan Gent City of Waterloo 2025 $125,575.26
Otis Lecky City of Waterloo 2025 $125,483.95
Marc Allely City of Waterloo 2025 $125,363.99
Jason Faist City of Kitchener 2025 $125,189.76
Brennan Kincaid City of Waterloo 2025 $124,868.50
Chris Schedewitz City of Waterloo 2025 $124,587.45
Lee Strauss City of Kitchener 2025 $124,495.08
Steven Good City of Waterloo 2025 $124,477.07
Rick Bebenek City of Waterloo 2025 $124,477.07
Melissa Kenny City of Kitchener 2025 $124,353.44
Brandon Karley City of Kitchener 2025 $123,978.27
Avery Reyner City of Kitchener 2025 $123,835.14
David Bernier City of Kitchener 2025 $123,756.14
Andrew Allan City of Kitchener 2025 $123,436.45
Gavin Koenig City of Kitchener 2025 $123,356.71
Boyd Devereaux City of Kitchener 2025 $123,099.10
Steven Grein City of Kitchener 2025 $123,020.56
Clare Donnelly Town of Whitby 2025 $123,001.29
Stephanie Jones City of Waterloo 2025 $122,685.96
Matthew Mcgonigle City of Kitchener 2025 $122,473.21
Wendy Pietryszyn City of Waterloo 2025 $122,445.24
Jeremy Smith City of Kitchener 2025 $122,160.64
Aaron Yoworski City of Kitchener 2025 $121,537.83
Josere Johnson City of Waterloo 2025 $121,005.86
Zack Helder City of Kitchener 2025 $120,890.19
Michal Niski City of Waterloo 2025 $120,845.93
Lianne Forler City of Waterloo 2025 $120,845.93
Callum Morrow City of Kitchener 2025 $118,625.92
Sam Murray City of Kitchener 2025 $117,592.99
Brendan Hall City of Waterloo 2025 $117,059.04
Tanya Vermaas City of Kitchener 2025 $116,874.89
Brett Spencer Town of Whitby 2025 $116,754.46
Christopher Barker Town of Whitby 2025 $116,504.45
Carl Otto Stolberg City of Waterloo 2025 $115,376.95
Colton Morton City of Kitchener 2025 $115,196.29
Josh Williamson City of Kitchener 2025 $114,475.93
Ben Godin City of Waterloo 2025 $114,457.59
Devon Morrison City of Waterloo 2025 $112,956.10
Christopher Mcbride City of Waterloo 2025 $112,103.14
Nicholas Joslin Town of Whitby 2025 $109,577.30
Nathan Gillies City of Kitchener 2025 $106,661.69


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