Chief Administrative Officer and Clerk Salary in Ontario (2025)
454 disclosed records, 2003–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
36
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$150,915
+23.4% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$132,756–$169,061
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$254,971
Who is the highest-paid Chief Administrative Officer and Clerk in Ontario?
The highest-paid Chief Administrative Officer and Clerk on the 2025 Sunshine List was Craig Kelley at County Of Renfrew, with a salary of $254,971; the median among the 36 listed under this title was $150,915.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Chief Administrative Officer and Clerk median of $150,915 comes to about 27.2%, leaving roughly $104,387 a year — about $8,699 a month. 36 people were listed under this title in 2025. The middle half of Chief Administrative Officer and Clerk salaries ran from $132,756 to $169,061. Most Municipalities & Services employees belong to OMERS, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$104,387
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~27.2%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$8,699
Where does $150,915 rank on the Sunshine List? →
Estimate only: 2025 federal and Ontario rates, basic personal amounts, Canada employment amount and CPP/EI credits; single, employment income only, salary treated as full-year income. Ignores pension contributions (OMERS, HOOPP, OTPP, OPTrust and similar plans lower actual take-home), union dues, RRSPs and benefits.
Median by Year
2005–2025
Median salary paid among disclosed records. 2023 is absent: job titles were not disclosed that year. Years with fewer than five people are omitted.
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Kelley | County Of Renfrew | Chief Administrative Officer – Clerk | $254,971 | $256,348 |
| 2 | Sarah Huskinson | Township Of North Glengarry | Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk | $198,418 | $199,849 |
| 3 | Kathryn Scott | Town Of Blind River | Chief Administrative Officer / Clerk | $178,665 | $180,032 |
| 4 | Denise Holmes | Township Of Melancthon | Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk | $178,550 | $179,426 |
| 5 | Ronald Reymer | Township Of Lucan Biddulph | Chief Administrative Officer and Clerk | $178,500 | $179,526 |
| 6 | Maury O'Neill | Municipality Of Wawa | Chief Administrative Officer / Clerk | $178,242 | $179,674 |
| 7 | Amanda Mabo | Tay Valley Township | Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk | $177,246 | $177,918 |
| 8 | Jeff Carswell | Township Of Southwold | Chief Administrative Officer Clerk | $174,416 | $179,602 |
| 9 | Robert Angione | Township Of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen | Chief Administrative Officer and Clerk | $169,194 | $170,619 |
| 10 | Nigel Black | Municipality Of Whitestone | Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk | $169,061 | $170,109 |
By Year
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About these figures
Source: Ontario’s Public Sector Salary Disclosure (the “Sunshine List”), which names every public-sector employee paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year. Figures are disclosed salaries, not market compensation: anyone in this position earning under $100,000 does not appear, so medians here sit above the true median for the job.
Medians and percentiles use salary paid (benefits excluded), computed over records whose filed job title was normalized into this position. Titles are as each employer filed them; spellings, word order and bilingual forms are merged. Employers and years with fewer than five people show counts only. 2023: job titles were not disclosed, so that year has no position data. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.