New Brunswick Sunshine List 2021

New Brunswick’s 2021 salary disclosure: every disclosed public-sector salary for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.

13,633
employees disclosed
$99,351
average salary
$90,000
median salary
$400,000–$424,999
highest salary

In 2021, 13,633 employees at 45 New Brunswick public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s salary disclosure. The average disclosed salary was $99,351 and the median was $90,000 — the disclosure covers only employees above the $80,000 threshold in force that year, not the entire public-sector workforce.

Compared with 2020, the list shrank by 10,209 names (-43%, from 23,842 to 13,633), and the average disclosed salary rose 16% from $85,945.

The highest-paid person on the 2021 list was Keith L. Cronkhite at New Brunswick Power Corporation, at $400,000–$424,999. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 13,633 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.

Highest-paid public-sector employees in New Brunswick, 2021

Top 25 by salary on the 2021 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.

#NamePositionEmployerSalary
1Keith L. CronkhiteNew Brunswick Power Corporation$400,000–$424,999
2Darren A. MurphyNew Brunswick Power Corporation$325,000–$349,999
3Gilles LanteigneRéseau de santé Vitalité$325,000–$349,999
4Jennifer Wylie RussellHealth$300,000–$324,999
5Karen Ann McGrathHorizon Health Network$300,000–$324,999
6Lori ClarkNew Brunswick Power Corporation$300,000–$324,999
7Mark A. PowerNew Brunswick Power Corporation$300,000–$324,999
8Robert J. StearsNew Brunswick Power Corporation$300,000–$324,999
9James Christopher WilsonNew Brunswick Power Corporation$300,000–$324,999
10France DesrosiersRéseau de santé Vitalité$300,000–$324,999
11Kimberly BarkerHealth$275,000–$299,999
12Na-Koshie LampteyHealth$275,000–$299,999
13Yves LegerHealth$275,000–$299,999
14Cristin MueckeHealth$275,000–$299,999
15Mariane PaquetHealth$275,000–$299,999
16Jolene RichardJudgeJustice and Public Safety$275,000–$299,999
17Edouard HendriksHorizon Health Network$275,000–$299,999
18Patrick ParentNew Brunswick Liquor Corporation$275,000–$299,999
19Mitchell BodechonNew Brunswick Power Corporation$275,000–$299,999
20Darren W. ElliottNew Brunswick Power Corporation$275,000–$299,999
21Ron R. FergusonNew Brunswick Power Corporation$275,000–$299,999
22Nicole AngersJudgeJustice and Public Safety$250,000–$274,999
23Pierre W ArseneaultJudgeJustice and Public Safety$250,000–$274,999
24Suzanne BernardJudgeJustice and Public Safety$250,000–$274,999
25Marco CloutierJudgeJustice and Public Safety$250,000–$274,999

2021 salary by sector

SectorEmployeesAvg SalaryTop Salary
School Districts5,473$92,320$125,000–$149,999
Health Authorities3,888$93,956$325,000–$349,999
Crown Corporations2,255$121,592$400,000–$424,999
Government Departments1,738$104,460$300,000–$324,999
Colleges192$94,896$175,000–$199,999
Agencies, Boards & Commissions87$113,994$175,000–$199,999

Largest employers on the 2021 list

The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2021.

EmployerSectorEmployeesAvg Salary
New Brunswick Power CorporationCrown Corporations2,121$122,762
Horizon Health NetworkHealth Authorities2,062$93,611
Réseau de santé VitalitéHealth Authorities1,365$95,040
Anglophone West School DistrictSchool Districts1,271$92,349
Anglophone South School DistrictSchool Districts1,232$92,279
Anglophone East School DistrictSchool Districts828$92,156
Francophone sud school districtSchool Districts777$92,687
Francophone nord-est school districtSchool Districts537$92,239
Anglophone North School DistrictSchool Districts517$92,321
EM/ANB Inc.Health Authorities456$92,105
Justice and Public SafetyGovernment Departments373$120,704
Francophone nord-ouest school districtSchool Districts311$92,034
Service New BrunswickGovernment Departments295$96,305
Transportation and InfrastructureGovernment Departments206$98,198
Social DevelopmentGovernment Departments150$94,984

Other years

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