652 Kitchener public-sector employees earned $100,000 or more on the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List, with an average salary of $133,378 and a median of $126,959. The highest-paid was Michael Stephenson (Family Physician at Community Healthcaring Kitchener-Waterloo) at $357,704. The City of Kitchener and other Kitchener-named public bodies.
These figures cover public-sector employers named for Kitchener — its municipal government, police, transit, school boards, hospitals, and universities that carry the city’s name. Employees at organizations whose names don’t include “Kitchener” (some hospitals and regional bodies) aren’t captured here. Records span 1996–2025.