Highest-Paid Public-Sector Employees in Chatham-Kent (2025)

913 Chatham-Kent public-sector employees earned $100,000 or more on the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List, with an average salary of $130,085 and a median of $122,465. The highest-paid was Vishal Chawla (Physician at Chatham-Kent Community Health Centres) at $509,217. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent and the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance.

These figures cover public-sector employers named for Chatham-Kent — its municipal government, police, transit, school boards, hospitals, and universities that carry the city’s name. Employees at organizations whose names don’t include “Chatham-Kent” (some hospitals and regional bodies) aren’t captured here. Records span 19962025.

Disclosed (2025)
913
Average salary
$130,085
Median salary
$122,465
Highest
$509,217

Largest public-sector employers in Chatham-Kent (2025)

Top 25 highest-paid in Chatham-Kent (2025)

#NameEmployerSalary
1Vishal ChawlaChatham-Kent Community Health Centres$509,217
2Adam ToppChatham-Kent Health Alliance$364,500
3Malay ShahChatham-Kent Community Health Centres$360,009
4Michael DubenMunicipality Of Chatham-Kent$347,276
5Shanker NesathuraiMunicipality Of Chatham-Kent$328,012
6Lalit ChawlaChatham-Kent Community Health Centres$286,977
7Kirk EarleyMunicipality Of Chatham-Kent$283,007
8Edward SoldoMunicipality Of Chatham-Kent$255,067
9Gord QuintonMunicipality Of Chatham-Kent$246,860
10Bruce McallisterMunicipality Of Chatham-Kent$246,860
11Catherine HoffmanMunicipality Of Chatham-Kent$246,860
12Jodi GuilmetteMunicipality Of Chatham-Kent$246,860
13Meredith WhiteheadChatham-Kent Health Alliance$241,452
14Christopher CaseMunicipality Of Chatham-Kent$236,130
15Jason ChickowskiMunicipality Of Chatham-Kent$234,414
16Darren GalbraithMunicipality Of Chatham-Kent$217,200
17David TaylorMunicipality Of Chatham-Kent$206,692
18Caen SuniChatham-Kent Health Alliance$206,651
19Hong Yu SuChatham-Kent Community Health Centres$203,515
20Audrey AnsellMunicipality Of Chatham-Kent$203,444
21Aaron RyanChatham-Kent Health Alliance$201,378
22Natalie ClarkChatham-Kent Health Alliance$200,240
23Janice WilmottChatham-Kent Health Alliance$189,455
24Jolene KresanChatham-Kent Health Alliance$189,199
25Justin TurkingtonChatham-Kent Health Alliance$189,176

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