New Brunswick Sunshine List 2022

New Brunswick’s 2022 salary disclosure: every disclosed public-sector salary for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.

13,866
employees disclosed
$99,373
average salary
$90,000
median salary
$475,000–$499,999
highest salary

In 2022, 13,866 employees at 46 New Brunswick public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s salary disclosure. The average disclosed salary was $99,373 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 2021, the list grew by 233 names (+1.7%, from 13,633 to 13,866), and the average disclosed salary rose 0% from $99,351.

The highest-paid person on the 2022 list was Keith L. Cronkhite at New Brunswick Power Corporation, at $475,000–$499,999. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 13,866 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, 2022

Top 25 by salary on the 2022 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.

#NamePositionEmployerSalary
1Keith L. CronkhiteNew Brunswick Power Corporation$475,000–$499,999
2Lori ClarkNew Brunswick Power Corporation$325,000–$349,999
3Darren A. MurphyNew Brunswick Power Corporation$325,000–$349,999
4Kimberly BarkerHealth$300,000–$324,999
5Yves LegerHealth$300,000–$324,999
6Cristin MueckeHealth$300,000–$324,999
7Jennifer Wylie RussellHealth$300,000–$324,999
8Karen Ann McGrathHorizon Health Network$300,000–$324,999
9Ron R. FergusonNew Brunswick Power Corporation$300,000–$324,999
10Mark A. PowerNew Brunswick Power Corporation$300,000–$324,999
11France DesrosiersRéseau de santé Vitalité$300,000–$324,999
12Marco CloutierJudgeJustice and Public Safety$275,000–$299,999
13Mary Jane RichardsJudgeJustice and Public Safety$275,000–$299,999
14Edouard HendriksHorizon Health Network$275,000–$299,999
15Joel W. ArmstrongNew Brunswick Power Corporation$275,000–$299,999
16Mitchell BodechonNew Brunswick Power Corporation$275,000–$299,999
17Donald HawkinsNew Brunswick Power Corporation$275,000–$299,999
18Andrew J. RobinsonNew Brunswick Power Corporation$275,000–$299,999
19Cheryl HansenDeputy MinisterFinance and Treasury Board$250,000–$274,999
20Joseph Gerald RichardFormer Deputy MinisterHealth$250,000–$274,999
21Nicole AngersJudgeJustice and Public Safety$250,000–$274,999
22Suzanne BernardJudgeJustice and Public Safety$250,000–$274,999
23Julian A G DicksonJudgeJustice and Public Safety$250,000–$274,999
24Pierre F DubeJudgeJustice and Public Safety$250,000–$274,999
25Paul DuffieJudgeJustice and Public Safety$250,000–$274,999

2022 salary by sector

SectorEmployeesAvg SalaryTop Salary
School Districts5,308$91,667$150,000–$174,999
Health Authorities3,992$94,580$300,000–$324,999
Crown Corporations2,327$121,357$475,000–$499,999
Government Departments1,911$103,589$300,000–$324,999
Colleges232$96,347$200,000–$224,999
Agencies, Boards & Commissions96$115,260$250,000–$274,999

Largest employers on the 2022 list

The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2022.

EmployerSectorEmployeesAvg Salary
New Brunswick Power CorporationCrown Corporations2,180$122,514
Horizon Health NetworkHealth Authorities2,144$94,155
Réseau de santé VitalitéHealth Authorities1,432$95,876
Anglophone West School DistrictSchool Districts1,203$91,727
Anglophone South School DistrictSchool Districts1,189$91,653
Anglophone East School DistrictSchool Districts830$91,669
Francophone sud school districtSchool Districts744$91,885
Francophone nord-est school districtSchool Districts533$91,402
Anglophone North School DistrictSchool Districts509$91,650
EM/ANB Inc.Health Authorities412$92,160
Justice and Public SafetyGovernment Departments382$118,108
Service New BrunswickGovernment Departments342$95,643
Francophone nord-ouest school districtSchool Districts300$91,433
Transportation and InfrastructureGovernment Departments207$99,021
Social DevelopmentGovernment Departments168$95,029

Other years

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