Municipality of Chatham-Kent

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 464 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

464

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$62.3M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$133,052

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$127,056

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Municipality of Chatham-Kent in 2025?

Michael Duben, Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $363,108 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 464 Municipality of Chatham-Kent employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $127,056.

How has Municipality of Chatham-Kent's Sunshine List changed?

Municipality of Chatham-Kent listed 2 people in 1998 and 464 in 2025 — 232× as many; payroll on the list went from $272K to $62.3M, and the median salary moved from $135,175 to $127,056.

How many Municipality of Chatham-Kent employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 28 yearly values of median salary, from $135,175 in 1998 to $127,056 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

#1Michael Duben
$363,108
Chief Administrative Officer
#2Shanker Nesathurai
$328,012
Medical Officer Of Health
#3Kirk Earley
$295,112
Police Chief
#4Edward Soldo
$262,499
General Manager, Infrastructure, Engineering Services
#5Jodi Guilmette
$254,292
General Manager, Health and Human Services / Chief Executive Officer Public Health
#6Catherine Hoffman
$254,292
General Manager, Corporate Services / Chief Human Resources Officer
#7Bruce Mcallister
$254,292
General Manager, Development Services
#8Gord Quinton
$254,292
General Manager, Finance Budget Information Technology Services / Chief Financial Officer / Treasurer
#9Jason Chickowski
$246,519
Deputy Police Chief
#10Christopher Case
$237,858
Fire Chief
#11Darren Galbraith
$224,632
General Manager, Public Utilities Commission
#12David Taylor
$209,619
Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
#13Audrey Ansell
$204,837
Director, Community, Culture and Connections
#14Michael Domony
$190,069
Police Inspector
#15Matthew Stezycki
$189,132
Police Inspector
#16Scott Hammond
$186,992
Senior Captain
#17Raphael Robinson
$185,800
Director, Customer Services
#18Sean Mcroberts
$184,066
Assistant Fire Chief
#19Rob Bernardi
$184,049
Director, Engineering and Compliance
#20Ryan Brown
$184,049
Director, Public Works
#21Steven Brown
$184,049
Director, Budget and Performance Services
#22Catherine Fitzgerald
$184,049
Director, Information Technology and Transformation
#23Raymond Harper
$184,049
Director, Municipal Housing / Property Development
#24Stuart Mcfadden
$184,049
Director, Economic Dev Services
#25Polly Smith
$184,049
Director, Employment and Social Services

See all 464 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

Jason Chickowski at Municipality Of Chatham-Kent had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $176,979 to $234,414, up 32.5%.

Jason Chickowski+32.5%
Deputy Police Chief
$176,979 → $234,414
Christopher Debot+41.0%
Fire Captain
$117,569 → $165,768
Thomas Richmond+41.1%
Fire Captain
$116,809 → $164,820
Philip Resendes+40.1%
Firefighter
$114,572 → $160,465
Robert Vanderheyden+40.0%
Training Captain
$108,904 → $152,483

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.

105 people were new to Municipality of Chatham-Kent's list in 2025; 46 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Municipality of Chatham-Kent →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people