City of Sarnia

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 315 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

315

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$43.4M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$135,933

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$131,335

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Sarnia in 2025?

Chris Carter, Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $292,749 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 315 City of Sarnia employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $131,335.

How has City of Sarnia's Sunshine List changed?

City of Sarnia listed 2 people in 1998 and 315 in 2025 — 158× as many; payroll on the list went from $206K to $43.4M, and the median salary moved from $102,182 to $131,335.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 28 yearly values of median salary, from $102,182 in 1998 to $131,335 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K199820042010201320192025
Median salary, 1998–2025. 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

#1Chris Carter
$292,749
Chief Administrative Officer
#2Derek William Davis
$291,677
Chief of Police
#3Michael Van Sickle
$231,611
Deputy Chief of Police
#4Ronald Hansen
$230,442
Deputy Chief of Police
#5David Jackson
$220,588
General Manager, Engineering and Operations
#6David Stockdale
$220,464
General Manager, Corporate Services
#7Jeffrey Weber
$214,244
Fire Chief
#8Kent Alexander Jamieson
$199,261
Staff Sergeant
#9Johann Lewis
$196,941
Staff Sergeant
#10Jason Bourdage
$190,284
Platoon Chief
#11Joseph Todd Mac Donald
$189,204
Senior Captain
#12Timothy R Wells
$182,072
Captain
#13Josh D Beyak
$181,685
Captain
#14Zachery Douglas
$181,203
First Class Constable
#15Tristen Vosburg
$181,128
Inspector
#16Timothy J Hicks
$179,961
Platoon Chief
#17Kevin D Benn
$179,774
Senior Captain
#18Jason Springett
$179,746
Captain
#19Michael Kahnert
$179,380
Staff Sergeant
#20Leo Michael Murphy
$178,238
Inspector
#21Patrick G Small
$177,882
Captain
#22Ken Thomas Dwinnell
$177,272
Deputy Fire Chief
#23Dennis Fillion
$176,721
Captain
#24Chris Jewell
$175,056
Senior Captain
#25Brian A Secord
$175,049
Senior Captain

See all 315 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

Kevin D Benn at City Of Sarnia had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $143,251 to $177,684, up 24.0%.

Kevin D Benn+24.0%
Senior Captain
$143,251 → $177,684
Kevin De Melo+28.4%
First Class Firefighter
$111,531 → $143,164
Craig Curragh+22.4%
Lead Operator, Environmental Services
$103,806 → $127,015
Adam Mac Donald+15.3%
General Manager, Community Services
$139,541 → $160,932
Ryan Alderman+18.8%
First Class Firefighter
$102,993 → $122,395

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.

39 people were new to City of Sarnia's list in 2025; 28 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Sarnia →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people