City of Niagara Falls

Also filed as City of Niagara (2002).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 254 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

254

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$32.5M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$127,477

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$121,949

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Niagara Falls in 2025?

Jason Burgess, Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $312,497 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 254 City of Niagara Falls employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $121,949.

How has City of Niagara Falls' Sunshine List changed?

City of Niagara Falls listed 1 people in 1996 and 254 in 2025 — 254× as many; payroll on the list went from $104K to $32.5M, and the median salary moved from $103,730 to $121,949.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $103,730 in 1996 to $121,949 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

#1Jason Burgess
$312,497
Chief Administrative Officer
#2Dale Morton
$225,171
Director of Communications and Senior Advisor of Special Projects
#3Tiffany Clark
$205,771
Director of Finance
#4Erik Nickel
$202,767
General Manager Municipal Works
#5Shelley Darlington
$200,924
General Manager Corporate Services
#6Kira Dolch
$197,153
General Manager Planning, Building and Development
#7Katharine Moldenhauer
$190,967
General Manager Recreation, Culture and Facilities
#8Nidhi Punyarthi
$187,190
City Solicitor
#9Joseph Zambito
$187,035
Fire Chief
#10Derek Hicks
$176,505
Chief Training Officer
#11Sergio Felicetti
$173,758
Director of Business Development
#12Phillip Roberto
$171,991
Captain Fire Training
#13Kenneth Henry
$165,808
Deputy Fire Chief Operations
#14Scott Lawson
$163,600
Deputy Fire Chief Administration
#15Scott Bateman
$162,003
Captain Fire Suppression
#16Andrew Gill
$161,237
Platoon Chief
#17James Dowling
$160,876
Deputy Treasurer
#18Jeff Thususka
$160,218
Captain Fire Suppression
#19Robert Wimbush
$159,088
Captain Fire Suppression
#20Signe Hansen
$158,926
Director of Planning
#21Luciano Chieca
$156,020
Director of Building Services and Chief Building Official
#22David Etherington
$155,967
Director of Information Systems
#23Demetrios Panagopoulos
$155,036
Platoon Chief
#24Peter Scott
$154,239
Firefighter
#25David Carpenter
$153,368
Firefighter

See all 254 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

Dale Morton at City Of Niagara Falls had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $140,720 to $225,059, up 59.9%.

Dale Morton+59.9%
Director of Communications and Senior Advisor of Special Projects
$140,720 → $225,059
Tiffany Clark+17.9%
Director of Finance
$174,060 → $205,189
James Dowling+18.8%
Deputy Treasurer
$135,013 → $160,383
Nathanael Huys+19.9%
Firefighter
$108,915 → $130,640
Jason Burgess+6.2%
Chief Administrative Officer
$293,821 → $311,915

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.

40 people were new to City of Niagara Falls's list in 2025; 14 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Niagara Falls →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people