City of Kitchener

Also filed as Corp. of the City of Kitchener (1999).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 620 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

620

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$82.9M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$132,307

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$126,758

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Kitchener in 2025?

Daniel Chapman, Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $339,616 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 620 City of Kitchener employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $126,758.

How has City of Kitchener's Sunshine List changed?

City of Kitchener listed 3 people in 1996 and 620 in 2025 — 207× as many; payroll on the list went from $340K to $82.9M, and the median salary moved from $111,744 to $126,758.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $111,744 in 1996 to $126,758 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

#1Daniel Chapman
$339,616
Chief Administrative Officer
#2Donna Beke
$281,515
Chief of Communications
#3Sarah Deter
$265,469
Chief of Communications
#4Michael May
$260,971
General Manager, Community Services and Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
#5Denise Mcgoldrick
$257,339
General Manager, Infrastructure Services
#6Jonathan Lautenbach
$251,970
Chief Financial Officer, Financial Services
#7Justin Readman
$249,481
General Manager, Development Services
#8Victoria Raab
$249,193
General Manager, Corporate Services
#9Tracey Anderson
$227,370
Communication Officer
#10Robert Gilmore
$218,468
Fire Chief
#11Lesley Macdonald
$213,624
Director, Legal Services and City Solicitor
#12Kelly Corneal
$213,414
Communication Officer
#13Dimetra Resendes
$212,589
Director, Human Resources
#14Kim Freeman
$212,549
First Class Communication Operator
#15Gregory St. Louis
$212,434
Director, Utilities
#16Amanda Fusco
$208,210
Director, Legislated Services and City Clerk
#17Chris Davidson
$208,208
Deputy Fire Chief
#18Melissa Scheerer
$207,176
First Class Communication Operator
#19Patrick O'Halloran
$204,479
Deputy Fire Chief
#20Katie Fischer
$200,365
Director, Financial Reporting and Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions
#21Brenda Johnson
$199,264
Director, Financial Operations
#22Matthew Lynch
$198,296
Director, Fleet
#23Robert Schipper
$197,399
Manager, Building
#24Dan Murray
$196,497
Director, Technology Innovation and Services
#25Tim Benedict
$196,275
Manager, Building

See all 620 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

Donna Beke at City Of Kitchener had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $138,727 to $280,732, up 102.4%.

Donna Beke+102.4%
Chief of Communications
$138,727 → $280,732
Sarah Deter+109.6%
Chief of Communications
$126,299 → $264,704
Tracey Anderson+70.5%
Communication Officer
$132,858 → $226,576
Kim Freeman+71.5%
First Class Communication Operator
$123,442 → $211,690
Kelly Corneal+51.8%
Communication Officer
$140,119 → $212,727

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.

141 people were new to City of Kitchener's list in 2025; 42 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Kitchener →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people