City of Waterloo

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 342 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

342

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$45.9M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$133,007

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$127,009

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Waterloo in 2025?

Tim Anderson, Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $311,915 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 342 City of Waterloo employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $127,009.

How has City of Waterloo's Sunshine List changed?

City of Waterloo listed 1 people in 1997 and 342 in 2025 — 342× as many; payroll on the list went from $121K to $45.9M, and the median salary moved from $114,874 to $127,009.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 29 yearly values of median salary, from $114,874 in 1997 to $127,009 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K199720032009201320192025
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

#1Tim Anderson
$311,915
Chief Administrative Officer
#2Ron Ormson
$251,806
Commissioner, Integrated Planning and Public Works
#3Filipa Reynolds
$237,654
Commissioner, Corporate Services
#4Alexandra (Sandy) Van Solm
$224,624
Deputy Fire Chief
#5Craig Lichty
$222,371
Senior Captain
#6Richard Hepditch
$214,087
Fire Chief
#7Leigh Mcdermott
$212,808
Director, City Utilities
#8James Bowman
$208,907
Director, Community Programming and Outreach
#9Joel Cotter
$208,192
Senior Director, Integrated Planning and Public Works, Planning and City Planner
#10Kathryn Weidhaas
$206,794
Director, Human Resources
#11Julie Finley-Swaren
$206,673
City Clerk, Director Legislative Services
#12Sunda Siva
$206,515
Executive Director Operational Modernization
#13Joel Sneddon
$205,045
Captain
#14Paul Hettinga
$202,785
Chief Financial Officer, City Treasurer, Senior Director, Revenue and Accounting
#15Sanjay Govindaraj
$201,007
Director, Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression (Secondment to City of London)
#16Max Min
$196,518
Director, Information Management and Technology Services
#17Francis Reyes
$194,757
Director, Engineering Services
#18Nicole Papke
$190,968
Director Municipal Enforcement
#19Christina Marina
$188,479
City Solicitor, Director Legal Services
#20Fred Ten Eyck
$188,222
Captain Training Officer
#21Justin Mcfadden
$184,240
Executive Director, Economic Development
#22Robert (Bob) Henderson
$184,009
Director, Transportation
#23Jake Herring
$183,920
Deputy Fire Chief
#24Tracie Bell
$183,740
Director, Fleet and Procurement
#25Beth Maxwell
$183,740
Director, Building Standards, Chief Building Official

See all 342 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

Alexandra (Sandy) Van Solm at City Of Waterloo had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $145,885 to $220,744, up 51.3%.

Alexandra (Sandy) Van Solm+51.3%
Deputy Fire Chief
$145,885 → $220,744
Joel Sneddon+34.4%
Captain
$151,721 → $203,901
Beth Maxwell+33.0%
Director, Building Standards, Chief Building Official
$137,031 → $182,274
William Markle+34.6%
Supervisor, Transportation Operations
$120,611 → $162,325
James Bowman+21.6%
Director, Community Programming and Outreach
$170,533 → $207,376

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.

95 people were new to City of Waterloo's list in 2025; 11 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Waterloo →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people