1,133 Sault Ste. Marie public-sector employees earned $100,000 or more on the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List, with an average salary of $125,659 and a median of $119,463. The highest-paid was Michael D'Agostino (Associate Pathologist/Pathologiste adjoint at Sault Area Hospital) at $428,269. The City of Sault Ste. Marie, Sault Area Hospital, Sault College, and the Sault Ste. Marie Police.
These figures cover public-sector employers named for Sault Ste. Marie — its municipal government, police, transit, school boards, hospitals, and universities that carry the city’s name. Employees at organizations whose names don’t include “Sault Ste. Marie” (some hospitals and regional bodies) aren’t captured here. Records span 1996–2025.