City of Richmond Hill

Also filed as Town of Richmond Hill (1996–2018).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 534 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

534

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$73.3M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$136,301

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$130,217

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Richmond Hill in 2025?

Darlene Joslin, City Manager, was paid $362,397 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 534 City of Richmond Hill employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $130,217.

How has City of Richmond Hill's Sunshine List changed?

City of Richmond Hill listed 2 people in 1996 and 534 in 2025 — 267× as many; payroll on the list went from $241K to $73.3M, and the median salary moved from $112,397 to $130,217.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $112,397 in 1996 to $130,217 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

#1Darlene Joslin
$362,397
City Manager
#2Shahnaaz Adams
$308,098
Commissioner Corporate and Financial Services
#3Tracey Sandra Steele
$300,644
Commissioner Community Services
#4Paolo Masaro
$283,184
Commissioner Infrastructure and Engineering Services
#5Gus Galanis
$272,140
Commissioner Planning and Building Services
#6Armanda Brown
$240,555
Communications Officer
#7Antonio R Dimilta
$238,334
City Solicitor
#8Gigi Fung Chi Li
$233,502
Director Financial Services and Treasurer
#9Francis Joseph Quarisa
$231,359
Director Public Works Operations
#10Donald W Hearn
$228,606
Director Recreation and Culture
#11Stephen Huycke
$225,760
Director Legislative Services/City Clerk
#12Nadim Khan
$225,494
Director Building Division and Chief Building Official
#13Robert A Jones
$219,701
Director Information Technology/Chief Information Officer
#14Bryan Gordon Burbidge
$215,823
Fire Chief
#15David West
$213,727
Mayor
#16Joseph Bennett
$213,168
Deputy Fire Chief – Operations
#17Tom Raeburn
$211,810
Fire Chief
#18Anthony Ierullo
$207,756
Director Economic Development and Richmond Hill Center
#19Deborah Giannetta
$205,388
Director Development Planning
#20Nick Kalyvas
$204,718
Director Facility Management
#21Robert Levesque
$200,993
Director Infrastructure Delivery
#22Candice Debi
$199,662
Director Communications Services
#23Don Sunny-Guy
$197,785
Director Community Standards
#24Maria A Flores
$195,791
Director Policy Planning
#25Diogo Oliveira
$191,566
Manager Water, Wastewater and Roads

See all 534 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

Salvatore Aiello at City of Richmond Hill had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $107,095 to $181,739, up 69.7%.

Salvatore Aiello+69.7%
Manager Development Zoning and Committee of Adjustment
$107,095 → $181,739
Chantelle Giffen+46.7%
Alarm Room Operator
$125,978 → $184,864
George K Farsalas+38.1%
1st Class Firefighter
$127,274 → $175,778
Yejun Tu+23.2%
Manager Financial Reporting and Accounting
$152,847 → $188,379
John Darragh+23.3%
Company Officer
$149,831 → $184,731

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.

112 people were new to City of Richmond Hill's list in 2025; 37 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Richmond Hill →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people