City of Burlington

Also filed as Corporation of the City of Burlington (1996).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 554 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

554

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$75.6M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$135,593

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$131,905

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Burlington in 2025?

Curt Benson, Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $280,810 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 554 City of Burlington employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $131,905.

How has City of Burlington's Sunshine List changed?

City of Burlington listed 3 people in 1996 and 554 in 2025 — 185× as many; payroll on the list went from $311K to $75.6M, and the median salary moved from $100,936 to $131,905.

How many City of Burlington employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $100,936 in 1996 to $131,905 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K199620022008201320192025
Median salary, 1996–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold. That threshold has never been indexed to inflation, so this line can fall over time simply because more people newly cross it — not necessarily because pay fell.

Top Employees
2025

#1Curt Benson
$280,810
Chief Administrative Officer
#2Blake Hurley
$252,417
Commissioner
#3Hassaan Basit
$251,506
Chief Administrative Officer
#4Craig Millar
$247,926
Chief Financial Officer
#5Jacqueline Johnson
$243,501
Commissioner
#6Chad Macdonald
$239,871
Chief Information Officer
#7Scott Hamilton
$236,871
Commissioner
#8Sue Evfremidis
$232,534
Chief Human Resources Officer
#9Nick Anastasopoulos
$229,875
Director
#10Enrico Scalera
$218,625
Director
#11Karen Roche
$218,434
Fire Chief
#12Craig Kummer
$217,970
Director
#13Marianne Meed Ward
$214,874
Mayor
#14Leah Bortolotti
$201,489
Head of Corporate Affairs
#15Jamie Tellier
$198,578
Director
#16Justyna Hidalgo
$197,267
Deputy City Solicitor
#17Drew Boys
$195,845
Deputy Fire Chief
#18Andrea Peebles
$195,549
Deputy City Solicitor
#19Dan Vanderlelie
$194,752
Platoon Chief
#20Paul Beattie
$193,008
Captain
#21Maciej Jurczyk
$192,989
City Auditor
#22Ken Pirhonen
$192,030
Manager
#23Emilie Cote
$191,949
Director
#24Oanh Kasperski
$191,270
Director
#25Kaylan Edgcumbe
$190,056
Manager

See all 554 employees in 2025 →

Download CSV (2025) →Released by the Government of Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Compiled by SunshineList.

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Ryan Stewart at City Of Burlington had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $137,048 to $185,149, up 35.1%.

Ryan Stewart+35.1%
Captain
$137,048 → $185,149
Kaylan Edgcumbe+26.7%
Manager
$148,173 → $187,697
Chris King+29.5%
Manager
$130,724 → $169,293
Paul Sharman+26.6%
Councillor
$117,322 → $148,515
Victor Ljuljdjuraj+22.3%
Senior Manager
$132,855 → $162,517

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

88 people were new to City of Burlington's list in 2025; 50 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Burlington →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people