City of Sault Ste. Marie

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 171 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

171

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$22.8M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$132,463

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$128,334

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Sault Ste. Marie in 2025?

Tom Vair, Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $258,214 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 171 City of Sault Ste. Marie employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $128,334.

How has City of Sault Ste. Marie's Sunshine List changed?

City of Sault Ste. Marie listed 1 people in 1997 and 171 in 2025 — 171× as many; payroll on the list went from $109K to $22.8M, and the median salary moved from $105,162 to $128,334.

How many City of Sault Ste. Marie employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 29 yearly values of median salary, from $105,162 in 1997 to $128,334 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K199720032009201320192025
Median salary, 1997–2025. 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

#1Tom Vair
$258,214
Chief Administrative Officer
#2Peter Johnson
$214,387
Fire Chief
#3Susan Hamilton Beach
$205,857
Deputy Chief Administrative Officer – Public Works and Engineering Services
#4Shelley Schell
$199,600
Chief Financial Officer/City Treasurer
#5Brent Lamming
$189,826
Deputy Chief Administrative Officer – Community Development and Enterprise Services
#6Frank F Coccimiglio
$183,115
Manager of Information Systems
#7Nicole Thomas
$180,358
Director, Human Resources
#8Rachel Tyczinski
$180,358
City Clerk
#9Carl Rumiel
$177,971
Director of Engineering
#10Maurice Durocher
$176,263
Platoon Chief
#11Larry Girardi
$174,852
Project Manager – Port Development
#12Richard Bishop
$174,702
Captain
#13Mark Morgenstern
$171,379
Deputy Fire Chief
#14Mark Scornaienchi
$169,821
Captain
#15Marty Kenopic
$169,729
Platoon Chief
#16Jason Webb
$167,053
Captain
#17David Halle
$166,716
Captain
#18Clayton Breault
$165,966
Platoon Chief
#19Daniel Coutu
$164,902
Platoon Chief
#20Travis Anderson
$162,947
Director, Tourism and Community Development
#21Melanie Borowicz-Sibenik
$162,947
Assistant City Solicitor/Senior Litigation Counsel
#22Richard Van Staveren
$162,947
Director Economic Development
#23Jason Jaremko
$161,904
Captain
#24Troy Maitland
$161,885
Captain
#25Mark M Mclean
$161,825
Captain

See all 171 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

Susan Hamilton Beach at City Of Sault Ste. Marie had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $173,196 to $204,123, up 17.9%.

Susan Hamilton Beach+17.9%
Deputy Chief Administrative Officer – Public Works and Engineering Services
$173,196 → $204,123
Franklin Howe+29.3%
Chief Welder
$105,155 → $135,981
Jeffrey King+22.7%
City Solicitor
$123,489 → $151,536
Daniel Perri+22.2%
Director of Public Works
$124,257 → $151,800
Tom Vair+12.2%
Chief Administrative Officer
$222,997 → $250,286

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.

34 people were new to City of Sault Ste. Marie's list in 2025; 10 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Sault Ste. Marie →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people