New Brunswick Sunshine List 2023

New Brunswick’s 2023 salary disclosure: every disclosed public-sector salary for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.

18,942
employees disclosed
$105,586
average salary
$90,000
median salary
$600,000–$624,999
highest salary

In 2023, 18,942 employees at 46 New Brunswick public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s salary disclosure. The average disclosed salary was $105,586 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 2022, the list grew by 5,076 names (+37%, from 13,866 to 18,942), and the average disclosed salary rose 6.3% from $99,373.

The highest-paid person on the 2023 list was Keith L. Cronkhite at New Brunswick Power Corporation, at $600,000–$624,999. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 18,942 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, 2023

Top 25 by salary on the 2023 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.

#NamePositionEmployerSalary
1Keith L. CronkhiteNew Brunswick Power Corporation$600,000–$624,999
2Gerald FairweatherNew Brunswick Power Corporation$450,000–$474,999
3Dragana KellyHorizon Health Network$375,000–$399,999
4Mark P. CormierNew Brunswick Power Corporation$375,000–$399,999
5Lori ClarkNew Brunswick Power Corporation$350,000–$374,999
6Darren A. MurphyNew Brunswick Power Corporation$350,000–$374,999
7Alan SinclairNew Brunswick Power Corporation$350,000–$374,999
8France DesrosiersRéseau de santé Vitalité$350,000–$374,999
9Jennifer Wylie RussellHealth$325,000–$349,999
10Susan Ellen BrienHorizon Health Network$325,000–$349,999
11Mitchell BodechonNew Brunswick Power Corporation$325,000–$349,999
12Mark A. PowerNew Brunswick Power Corporation$325,000–$349,999
13Natalie Dre BanvilleRéseau de santé Vitalité$325,000–$349,999
14Kimberly BarkerHealth$300,000–$324,999
15Yves LegerHealth$300,000–$324,999
16Lori SticklesNew Brunswick Liquor Corporation$300,000–$324,999
17Joel W. ArmstrongNew Brunswick Power Corporation$300,000–$324,999
18Glen BeersNew Brunswick Power Corporation$300,000–$324,999
19Leah D. BeldingNew Brunswick Power Corporation$300,000–$324,999
20Michelle A. CormierNew Brunswick Power Corporation$300,000–$324,999
21Darren W. ElliottNew Brunswick Power Corporation$300,000–$324,999
22Ron R. FergusonNew Brunswick Power Corporation$300,000–$324,999
23Andrew J. RobinsonNew Brunswick Power Corporation$300,000–$324,999
24Anthony G. ScovilNew Brunswick Power Corporation$300,000–$324,999
25Cheryl HansenDeputy MinisterFinance and Treasury Board$275,000–$299,999

2023 salary by sector

SectorEmployeesAvg SalaryTop Salary
Health Authorities6,937$106,966$375,000–$399,999
School Districts5,324$92,582$175,000–$199,999
Government Departments3,894$104,437$325,000–$349,999
Crown Corporations2,406$132,371$600,000–$624,999
Colleges269$98,968$225,000–$249,999
Agencies, Boards & Commissions112$118,661$225,000–$249,999

Largest employers on the 2023 list

The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2023.

EmployerSectorEmployeesAvg Salary
Horizon Health NetworkHealth Authorities3,638$107,013
Réseau de santé VitalitéHealth Authorities2,261$108,646
New Brunswick Power CorporationCrown Corporations2,218$134,648
Anglophone West School DistrictSchool Districts1,203$92,623
Anglophone South School DistrictSchool Districts1,182$92,460
EM/ANB Inc.Health Authorities1,032$103,079
Justice and Public SafetyGovernment Departments914$110,420
Anglophone East School DistrictSchool Districts823$92,336
Social DevelopmentGovernment Departments789$103,503
Francophone sud school districtSchool Districts763$93,240
Francophone nord-est school districtSchool Districts519$92,461
Service New BrunswickGovernment Departments511$98,924
Anglophone North School DistrictSchool Districts510$92,456
Transportation and InfrastructureGovernment Departments499$98,531
Francophone nord-ouest school districtSchool Districts324$92,346

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