13,364 Hamilton public-sector employees earned $100,000 or more on the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List, with an average salary of $127,954 and a median of $121,856. The highest-paid was Tracey Macarthur (President and Chief Executive Officer at Hamilton Health Sciences) at $773,658. The City of Hamilton, Hamilton Health Sciences, and the Hamilton-Wentworth school boards.
These figures cover public-sector employers named for Hamilton — its municipal government, police, transit, school boards, hospitals, and universities that carry the city’s name. Employees at organizations whose names don’t include “Hamilton” (some hospitals and regional bodies) aren’t captured here. Records span 1996–2025.