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Employer

City of St. Catharines

Total records: 2,716 (305 in 2025)Years on list: 19962025Category: Municipalities and Services

Number of people on sunshine list

305019962025

Distribution of 2025 salaries under $250,000

100k120k140k160k180k200k220k57

Bucket width $10,000

Analysis by year

Year# PeopleChangeAvg salaryTotal paid% changeBenefitsAvg raise
2025305+26.0%$136,848$41,738,726+29.6%$387,139+8.4%
2024242+19.2%$133,067$32,202,289+19.0%$296,550+3.9%
2023203-1.5%$133,331$27,066,166-3.3%$227,224-1.5%
2022206+4.6%$135,941$28,003,887+11.5%$172,863+9.5%
2021197+6.5%$127,478$25,113,213+6.1%$164,867+2.9%
2020185+6.9%$127,983$23,676,910+9.3%$173,586+4.4%
2019173-5.5%$125,199$21,659,386-8.6%$170,058-2.0%
2018183+21.2%$129,465$23,692,041+32.5%$171,230+13.6%
2017151-9.6%$118,378$17,875,114-13.8%$119,437-5.1%
2016167+44.0%$124,137$20,730,843+53.4%$120,415+14.1%
2015116+9.4%$116,531$13,517,595+10.1%$92,152+1.4%
2014106+53.6%$115,820$12,276,939+50.6%$105,847--
201369-2.8%$118,184$8,154,692-0.8%$71,885+3.3%
201271+16.4%$115,762$8,219,128+19.6%$80,253+4.8%
201161-20.8%$112,673$6,873,052-20.2%$51,035-0.1%
201077-43.8%$111,794$8,608,113-48.5%$58,514-13.5%
2009137+705.9%$121,895$16,699,559+731.6%$104,054+21.8%
200817+30.8%$118,128$2,008,170+31.0%$32,262+5.1%
200713+44.4%$117,928$1,533,061+46.9%$16,813--
20059+28.6%$115,938$1,043,439+33.1%$16,688+8.4%
20047+0.0%$111,956$783,690+0.1%$7,045+0.6%
20037+75.0%$111,856$782,991+76.7%$6,935+7.3%
20024+33.3%$110,760$443,039+34.4%$8,193+3.2%
20013+0.0%$109,899$329,698+2.0%$7,228+2.0%
20003+200.0%$107,744$323,231+176.0%$7,063+2.0%
19991+0.0%$117,133$117,133+2.5%$5,669+2.5%
19981+0.0%$114,229$114,229+1.0%$5,551--
19971+0.0%$113,103$113,103+1.0%$5,509--
19961--$112,000$112,000--$5,533--

Most common positions

Top earners from this employer since 1996

YearNamePositionSalary
2025David OakesChief Administrative Officer$283,015
2023David OakesChief Administrative Officer$265,002
2024David OakesChief Administrative Officer$263,091
2020Adam BiggerCaptain$253,863
2022David OakesChief Administrative Officer$249,441
2022David UpperDirector of Fire Services/Fire Chief$241,194
2020Shelley ChemnitzChief Administrative Officer$241,171
2020Patrick MckinnonCaptain$235,782
2019Shelley ChemnitzChief Administrative Officer$233,921
2017Dan CarnegieChief Administrative Officer$233,522