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What does a Heavy Equipment Operator make at City of Ottawa?

The 30 Heavy Equipment Operators at City of Ottawa had a median salary of $105,656 in 2025, about 1% under the provincial median of $106,800 for the role. The highest-paid was $121,517.

People

30

listed as Heavy Equipment Operator in 2025

Median salary

$105,656

salary paid, 2025

Highest paid

$121,517

salary paid, 2025

vs Ontario

−$1,144

against $106,800 province-wide

Best paid in the role
City of Ottawa · 2025

#NameTitle as filedSalaryTotal
1Jesse PaquetteHeavy Equipment Operator$121,517$121,751
2Robert MartinHeavy Equipment Operator$120,390$120,431
3Grant CardHeavy Equipment Operator$118,383$118,615
4Guido MaciHeavy Equipment Operator$117,226$117,496
5Christopher LittlejohnHeavy Equipment Operator$115,002$115,256
6Robyn ArgueHeavy Equipment Operator$114,245$114,483
7Christopher GordonHeavy Equipment Operator$113,768$114,007
8Stephen GauthierHeavy Equipment Operator$110,682$110,723
9Patrick CouvretteHeavy Equipment Operator$110,504$110,733
10Howard CullenHeavy Equipment Operator$108,143$108,314

The 10 highest salaries among the 30 City of Ottawa records mapped to Heavy Equipment Operator in 2025. The full 2025 roster →

Median by year
20172025

  • At City of Ottawa
  • Ontario median for the role
At City of Ottawa and Ontario median for the role, 2017–2025At City of Ottawa: $108,082 in 2022 to $105,656 in 2025. Ontario median for the role: $107,667 in 2022 to $106,800 in 2025.$0$25K$50K$75K$100K$125K2017202220242025

Median salary paid, Heavy Equipment Operator at City of Ottawa, against every Heavy Equipment Operator in Ontario. Years with fewer than 5 people are left blank.

Year by year

Heavy Equipment Operator at City of Ottawa by year
YearPeopleMedianHighestOntario median
202530$105,656$121,517$106,800
202410$103,926$108,615$103,593
202219$108,082$118,826$107,667
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Related questions

Method. Figures are salary paid (not salary plus taxable benefits), the basis of every median on this site, for records whose filed job title maps to Heavy Equipment Operator at City of Ottawa on the Ontario Sunshine List, which lists only public-sector employees paid $100,000 or more. A year with fewer than 5 people shows “<5” for both its count and its median, since naming the exact count would narrow the median down to specific people. Data runs through 2025.