City of Woodstock – Woodstock Police Service

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 84 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

84

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$11.3M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$133,387

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$127,395

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Woodstock – Woodstock Police Service in 2025?

Rodney Wilkinson, Chief of Police, was paid $277,335 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 84 City of Woodstock – Woodstock Police Service employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $127,395.

How has City of Woodstock – Woodstock Police Service's Sunshine List changed?

City of Woodstock – Woodstock Police Service listed 51 people in 2016 and 84 in 2025, up 65%; payroll on the list went from $6.1M to $11.3M, and the median salary moved from $112,442 to $127,395.

How many City of Woodstock – Woodstock Police Service employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 10 yearly values of median salary, from $112,442 in 2016 to $127,395 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K201620182020202120232025
Median salary, 2016–2025. 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

#1Rodney Wilkinson
$277,335
Chief of Police
#2Nicholas Novacich
$243,809
Chief of Police
#3James Taylor
$208,980
Inspector
#4Heidi Becks
$199,520
Inspector
#5Adam Dicola
$174,715
Sergeant
#6Michael Beattie
$170,491
Staff Sergeant
#7Mohamad Hussein
$169,846
Constable
#8Craig Murray
$163,383
Sergeant
#9Michael Haegens
$160,697
Sergeant
#10Jarrod Sylvester
$159,645
Sergeant
#11Kevin Talsma
$159,118
Staff Sergeant
#12Gregory Macarthur
$157,393
Sergeant
#13Nathan Hergott
$155,541
Staff Sergeant
#14Timothy Pinder
$155,460
Staff Sergeant
#15Joel Harrington
$153,891
Constable
#16Ryan Hutchinson
$148,905
Constable
#17Darcy Campbell
$148,368
Instructor
#18Ryan Wright
$145,643
Sergeant
#19Jason Davis
$145,631
Sergeant
#20Joshua Coates
$145,011
Staff Sergeant
#21Jaclyn Lange
$143,733
Sergeant
#22Paul Hess
$142,173
Inspector
#23Steven Robb
$141,903
Constable
#24Kevin Declark
$140,978
Constable
#25Gregory Bryant
$140,774
Constable

See all 84 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

Mohamad Hussein at City Of Woodstock – Woodstock Police Service had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $132,699 to $169,082, up 27.4%.

Mohamad Hussein+27.4%
Constable
$132,699 → $169,082
Jarrod Sylvester+20.7%
Sergeant
$131,623 → $158,882
Gregory Macarthur+19.7%
Sergeant
$130,850 → $156,629
James Taylor+14.3%
Inspector
$176,869 → $202,216
Joel Harrington+19.7%
Constable
$127,934 → $153,128

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.

11 people were new to City of Woodstock – Woodstock Police Service'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 Woodstock – Woodstock Police Service →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people