New Brunswick’s 2020 salary disclosure: every disclosed public-sector salary for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.
In 2020, 23,842 employees at 40 New Brunswick public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s salary disclosure. The average disclosed salary was $85,945 and the median was $87,500 — the disclosure covers only employees above the $60,000 threshold in force that year, not the entire public-sector workforce.
The highest-paid person on the 2020 list was Gaetan Thomas at New Brunswick Power Corporation, at $550,000–$574,999. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 23,842 records, use the data explorer or see the New Brunswick dashboard for the latest year.
New Brunswick discloses salaries in $25,000 ranges; values shown are band midpoints, so averages and totals are approximate. The disclosure threshold was $60,000 in 2020 and $80,000 from 2021 onward, so headcounts before and after 2021 are not directly comparable.
Top 25 by salary on the 2020 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.
| Sector | Employees | Avg Salary | Top Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government Departments | 11,741 | $83,259 | $325,000–$349,999 |
| Health Authorities | 8,447 | $81,975 | $300,000–$324,999 |
| Crown Corporations | 2,659 | $112,861 | $550,000–$574,999 |
| Colleges | 870 | $76,345 | $175,000–$199,999 |
| Agencies, Boards & Commissions | 125 | $100,820 | $175,000–$199,999 |
The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2020.
| Employer | Sector | Employees | Avg Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education and Early Childhood Development | Government Departments | 7,391 | $83,667 |
| Horizon Health Network | Health Authorities | 4,531 | $81,411 |
| Réseau de santé Vitalité | Health Authorities | 2,867 | $84,113 |
| New Brunswick Power Corporation | Crown Corporations | 2,400 | $115,879 |
| EM/ANB Inc. | Health Authorities | 1,041 | $78,461 |
| Social Development | Government Departments | 867 | $74,754 |
| Service New Brunswick | Government Departments | 796 | $79,479 |
| Public Safety | Government Departments | 556 | $74,171 |
| Transportation and Infrastructure | Government Departments | 519 | $80,533 |
| New Brunswick Community College | Colleges | 501 | $76,452 |
| Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick | Colleges | 363 | $76,164 |
| Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour | Government Departments | 316 | $76,643 |
| Justice and Office of the Attorney General | Government Departments | 200 | $139,271 |
| Natural Resources and Energy Development | Government Departments | 198 | $80,021 |
| Health | Government Departments | 171 | $95,244 |