New Brunswick Sunshine List 2024

New Brunswick’s 2024 salary disclosure: every disclosed public-sector salary for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.

19,423
employees disclosed
$105,300
average salary
$90,000
median salary
$575,000–$599,999
highest salary

In 2024, 19,423 employees at 48 New Brunswick public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s salary disclosure. The average disclosed salary was $105,300 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 2023, the list grew by 481 names (+2.5%, from 18,942 to 19,423), and the average disclosed salary fell 0.3% from $105,586.

The highest-paid person on the 2024 list was Keith L. Cronkhite at New Brunswick Power Corporation, at $575,000–$599,999. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 19,423 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, 2024

Top 25 by salary on the 2024 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.

#NamePositionEmployerSalary
1Keith L. CronkhiteNew Brunswick Power Corporation$575,000–$599,999
2Lori ClarkNew Brunswick Power Corporation$475,000–$499,999
3Jacques DesjardinsJudgeJustice and Public Safety$400,000–$424,999
4Kenneth L. OliverJudgeJustice and Public Safety$400,000–$424,999
5Dragana KellyHorizon Health Network$400,000–$424,999
6Marco CloutierJudgeJustice and Public Safety$375,000–$399,999
7Brian Charles McLeanJudgeJustice and Public Safety$375,000–$399,999
8Darren A. MurphyNew Brunswick Power Corporation$375,000–$399,999
9Nicole AngersJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
10Suzanne BernardJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
11Paul DuffieJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
12Joanne DuretteJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
13Yvette FinnJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
14Cameron GunnJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
15Luc LabonteJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
16Johanne LandryJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
17Natalie H LeblancJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
18W Andrew LemesurierJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
19Lucie N MathurinJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
20Richard Andrew PalmerJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
21Brigitte SivretJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
22Eric P. SonierJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
23D. Troy SweetJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
24Henrik G. TonningJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999
25Brigitte VolpeJudgeJustice and Public Safety$350,000–$374,999

2024 salary by sector

SectorEmployeesAvg SalaryTop Salary
Health Authorities7,375$103,083$400,000–$424,999
School Districts6,505$98,781$175,000–$199,999
Government Departments2,727$104,888$400,000–$424,999
Crown Corporations2,404$130,486$575,000–$599,999
Colleges296$97,956$200,000–$224,999
Agencies, Boards & Commissions116$118,319$225,000–$249,999

Largest employers on the 2024 list

The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2024.

EmployerSectorEmployeesAvg Salary
Horizon Health NetworkHealth Authorities3,906$102,411
Réseau de santé VitalitéHealth Authorities2,347$104,382
New Brunswick Power CorporationCrown Corporations2,188$133,011
Anglophone South School DistrictSchool Districts1,446$99,768
Anglophone West School DistrictSchool Districts1,436$99,450
EM/ANB Inc.Health Authorities1,114$102,666
Anglophone East School DistrictSchool Districts1,014$99,899
Francophone sud school districtSchool Districts970$97,508
Francophone nord-est school districtSchool Districts653$96,466
Anglophone North School DistrictSchool Districts603$99,283
Justice and Public SafetyGovernment Departments489$122,071
Service New BrunswickGovernment Departments465$98,414
Social DevelopmentGovernment Departments406$95,201
Francophone nord-ouest school districtSchool Districts383$95,966
Transportation and InfrastructureGovernment Departments283$101,259

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