Town of Essex

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 32 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

32

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$4.3M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$132,672

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$134,338

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Town of Essex in 2025?

Katelyn Giurissevich, Director, Corporate Services/Treasurer/Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $196,898 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 32 Town of Essex employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $134,338.

How has Town of Essex's Sunshine List changed?

Town of Essex listed 2 people in 2003 and 32 in 2025 — 16× as many; payroll on the list went from $215K to $4.3M, and the median salary moved from $107,181 to $134,338.

How many Town of Essex employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 23 yearly values of median salary, from $107,181 in 2003 to $134,338 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K200320082012201620202025
Median salary, 2003–2025. 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

#1Katelyn Giurissevich
$196,898
Director, Corporate Services/Treasurer/Chief Administrative Officer
#2Lori Chadwick
$186,264
Director, Development Services
#3Jacob Morassut
$173,476
Director, Community Services
#4Kevin Girard
$170,080
Director, Infrastructure Services
#5Joseph Malandruccolo
$164,693
Director, Legal and Legislative Services/Clerk
#6Jason Pillon
$155,184
Fire Chief
#7Rob Mackie
$147,724
Manager, Environmental Services
#8Rodney Klie
$147,480
Manager, Parks and Facilities/Firefighter
#9David Mcbeth
$142,121
Manager, Capital Works and Asset Management
#10Ann-Marie Unis
$139,563
Manager, Finance and Business Services
#11Brandi Sieben
$139,448
Manager, Human Resources
#12Kevin Carter
$139,448
Manager, Building Services/Chief Building Official
#13Jack Barron
$139,448
Manager, Information Technology
#14Rita Jabbour
$139,448
Manager, Planning Services
#15Cynthia Cakebread
$139,448
Manager, Recreation and Culture
#16Norman Nussio
$139,448
Manager, Operations
#17Jacey Brockman
$132,135
Deputy Fire Chief
#18Veronica Britenbaugh
$124,750
Nurse Practitioner
#19Doug Sweet
$123,414
Chief Administrative Officer
#20Sarah Newton
$118,765
Assistant Manager, Aquatics/Firefighter
#21Nelson Silveira
$118,544
Manager, Economic Development
#22Marc Tortola
$118,544
Manager, Strategic Communications
#23Heather Macdonald
$118,469
Manager, Revenue and Customer Relations
#24Shelley Brown
$112,541
Deputy Clerk
#25Lindsay Dean
$112,020
Drainage Superintendent

See all 32 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

Ann-Marie Unis at Town Of Essex had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $126,768 to $138,085, up 8.9%.

Ann-Marie Unis+8.9%
Manager, Finance and Business Services
$126,768 → $138,085
Jason Pillon+7.4%
Fire Chief
$140,471 → $150,818
Jacob Morassut+5.3%
Director, Community Services
$162,992 → $171,620
Rodney Klie+6.1%
Manager, Parks and Facilities/Firefighter
$137,662 → $145,997
Rob Mackie+4.2%
Manager, Environmental Services
$140,275 → $146,137

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.

6 people were new to Town of Essex's list in 2025; <5 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Town of Essex →

By Year
full lists