City of Markham

Also filed as Town of Markham (1997–2005, 2007–2011) and Corporation of the Town of Markham (1996, 2006).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 696 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

696

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$96.8M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$138,021

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$131,919

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Markham in 2025?

Andrew Taylor, Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $390,222 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 696 City of Markham employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $131,919.

How has City of Markham's Sunshine List changed?

City of Markham listed 4 people in 1996 and 696 in 2025 — 174× as many; payroll on the list went from $486K to $96.8M, and the median salary moved from $111,120 to $131,919.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $111,120 in 1996 to $131,919 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

#1Andrew Taylor
$390,222
Chief Administrative Officer
#2Frank Scarpitti
$334,055
Mayor
#3Trinela Cane
$286,211
Commissioner, Corporate Services
#4Morgan Jones
$282,696
Commissioner, Community Services
#5Claudia Storto
$263,687
City Solicitor and Director of People Services
#6Michael D Toshakovski
$246,974
Deputy City Solicitor
#7Kimberley Dawn Kitteringham
$246,109
City Clerk and Director, Legislative Services
#8Sumon Kumar Acharjee
$244,690
Chief Information Officer
#9Giulio L Cescato
$244,690
Director, Planning and Urban Design
#10Frank Clarizio
$244,690
Director, Engineering
#11Joseph R Silva
$244,690
Treasurer
#12Alice Ngar Lai Wong
$244,316
Director, Operations
#13Eddy Shiu Yee Wu
$244,316
Director, Environmental Services
#14Mary Creighton
$225,632
Director, Recreation Services
#15Stephanie Di Perna
$225,632
Director, Building Standards
#16Graham Allan Seaman
$225,632
Director, Sustainability and Asset Management
#17Robert Garland
$225,514
Deputy Fire Chief
#18Mark Visser
$219,414
Senior Manager Strategy Innovation and Investments
#19Ryan Best
$217,213
Deputy Fire Chief
#20Christopher M Nearing
$216,944
Fire Chief
#21Jacqueline Win Yen Chan
$214,995
Assistant City Solicitor
#22Lisa-Marie Riegel
$214,982
Assistant City Solicitor
#23Shane Manson
$211,544
Senior Manager, Revenue and Property Taxation
#24Maggie Yatchi Cheung-Madar
$206,086
Assistant City Solicitor
#25Joshua Silver
$204,522
Assistant City Solicitor

See all 696 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

Danny Chan at City Of Markham had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $116,765 to $172,837, up 48.0%.

Danny Chan+48.0%
Manager, Business Administration and Compliance
$116,765 → $172,837
Robert Garland+30.0%
Deputy Fire Chief
$167,889 → $218,334
Kishor Soneji+31.3%
Manager, Financial Reporting
$143,640 → $188,639
Shane Manson+26.8%
Senior Manager, Revenue and Property Taxation
$162,533 → $206,078
John Yeh+24.9%
Senior Manager, Policy and Research
$150,561 → $188,062

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.

437 people were new to City of Markham's list in 2025; 302 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Markham →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people