New Brunswick Sunshine List 2025

New Brunswick’s 2025 salary disclosure: every disclosed public-sector salary for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.

22,104
employees disclosed
$105,799
average salary
$90,000
median salary
$625,000–$649,999
highest salary

In 2025, 22,104 employees at 48 New Brunswick public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s salary disclosure. The average disclosed salary was $105,799 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 2024, the list grew by 2,681 names (+14%, from 19,423 to 22,104), and the average disclosed salary rose 0.5% from $105,300.

The highest-paid person on the 2025 list was Keith L. Cronkhite at New Brunswick Power Corporation, at $625,000–$649,999. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 22,104 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, 2025

Top 25 by salary on the 2025 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.

#NamePositionEmployerSalary
1Keith L. CronkhiteNew Brunswick Power Corporation$625,000–$649,999
2Margaret MelansonHorizon Health Network$575,000–$599,999
3Lori ClarkNew Brunswick Power Corporation$525,000–$549,999
4Dragana KellyHorizon Health Network$425,000–$449,999
5Thomas J. DemersNew Brunswick Power Corporation$400,000–$424,999
6Darren A. MurphyNew Brunswick Power Corporation$400,000–$424,999
7Michelle A. CormierNew Brunswick Power Corporation$375,000–$399,999
8France DesrosiersRéseau de santé Vitalité$375,000–$399,999
9Joel W. M. ArmstrongNew Brunswick Power Corporation$350,000–$374,999
10Mitchell BodechonNew Brunswick Power Corporation$350,000–$374,999
11Anthony G. ScovilNew Brunswick Power Corporation$350,000–$374,999
12Remi GodinJustice and Public Safety$325,000–$349,999
13Brian Charles McLeanJudgeJustice and Public Safety$325,000–$349,999
14Susan Ellen BrienHorizon Health Network$325,000–$349,999
15Leah D. BeldingNew Brunswick Power Corporation$325,000–$349,999
16John D. McNivenNew Brunswick Power Corporation$325,000–$349,999
17Mark A. PowerNew Brunswick Power Corporation$325,000–$349,999
18David A. SmithNew Brunswick Power Corporation$325,000–$349,999
19Natalie Dre BanvilleRéseau de santé Vitalité$325,000–$349,999
20Cheryl HansenFormer Deputy MinisterFinance and Treasury Board$300,000–$324,999
21Kimberly BarkerHealth$300,000–$324,999
22Yves LegerHealth$300,000–$324,999
23Md Arifur RahmanHealth$300,000–$324,999
24Nicole AngersJudgeJustice and Public Safety$300,000–$324,999
25Suzanne BernardJudgeJustice and Public Safety$300,000–$324,999

2025 salary by sector

SectorEmployeesAvg SalaryTop Salary
Health Authorities8,027$106,972$575,000–$599,999
School Districts6,444$94,235$225,000–$249,999
Government Departments3,784$104,651$325,000–$349,999
Crown Corporations2,679$133,846$625,000–$649,999
Colleges1,050$98,421$225,000–$249,999
Agencies, Boards & Commissions120$122,979$250,000–$274,999

Largest employers on the 2025 list

The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2025.

EmployerSectorEmployeesAvg Salary
Horizon Health NetworkHealth Authorities4,380$107,264
Réseau de santé VitalitéHealth Authorities2,630$107,951
New Brunswick Power CorporationCrown Corporations2,379$137,404
Anglophone South School DistrictSchool Districts1,447$94,801
Anglophone West School DistrictSchool Districts1,398$93,906
Anglophone East School DistrictSchool Districts1,016$93,947
EM/ANB Inc.Health Authorities1,008$103,160
Francophone sud school districtSchool Districts964$93,755
Social DevelopmentGovernment Departments733$97,505
Francophone nord-est school districtSchool Districts655$94,053
Service New BrunswickGovernment Departments655$100,187
Justice and Public SafetyGovernment Departments650$116,519
New Brunswick Community CollegeColleges635$98,327
Anglophone North School DistrictSchool Districts587$95,077
Transportation and InfrastructureGovernment Departments412$108,262

Other years

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