City of Hamilton

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

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 3,382 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

3,382

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$452.6M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$133,050

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$127,716

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Hamilton in 2025?

Francis Bergen, Chief Of Police, was paid $431,194 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 3,382 City of Hamilton employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $127,716.

How has City of Hamilton's Sunshine List changed?

City of Hamilton listed 5 people in 1996 and 3,382 in 2025 — 676× as many; payroll on the list went from $578K to $452.6M, and the median salary moved from $112,301 to $127,716.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $112,301 in 1996 to $127,716 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K199620022008201320192025
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

#1Francis Bergen
$431,194
Chief Of Police
#2Elizabeth Richardson
$364,058
Medical Officer of Health
#3Ryan Diodati
$355,385
Deputy Chief
#4Paul Hamilton
$340,338
Deputy Chief
#5Marnie Cluckie
$332,681
City Manager
#6Bartholomew Harvey
$317,972
Associate Medical Officer of Health
#7Arthur Sterling
$317,592
Constable
#8Carlyle Khan
$285,733
General Manager Public Works
#9Mile Zegarac
$274,613
General Manager Finance/Corporate Services
#10Angela Kays Kolada
$273,775
General Manager Community Services
#11Sean Gosselin
$266,470
Sergeant 1st Class
#12Jeffrey Kemp
$264,047
Advanced Care Paramedic
#13William Mason
$261,237
Superintendent
#14Grace Mater
$259,851
General Manager Healthy and Safe Communities
#15Lora Fontana
$257,724
Executive Director Human Resources
#16Jaspreet Mann
$255,162
Constable
#17Kevin Lei
$255,057
Primary Care Paramedic
#18David Hennick
$254,495
Superintendent
#19David Cunliffe
$253,386
Fire Chief
#20Robin Abbott
$251,626
Superintendent
#21Martin Schulenberg
$250,589
Superintendent
#22Brian Mcmullen
$250,338
Director Financial Planning
#23Shawn Blaj
$246,608
Superintendent
#24Cyrus Tehrani
$244,156
Chief Digital Officer/Director Innovation
#25Mark Stiller
$243,382
Superintendent

See all 3,382 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

Sean Gosselin at City Of Hamilton had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $174,566 to $265,907, up 52.3%.

Sean Gosselin+52.3%
Sergeant 1st Class
$174,566 → $265,907
Paul Kent+53.4%
Sergeant 1st Class
$146,654 → $224,992
Colleen Robertshaw+62.1%
Solicitor
$120,020 → $194,576
Deborah Goudreau+40.7%
Manager Plant Operations
$149,354 → $210,112
Julia Bergsma+52.7%
Constable
$113,722 → $173,672

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.

576 people were new to City of Hamilton's list in 2025; 288 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Hamilton →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people