2,388 Thunder Bay public-sector employees earned $100,000 or more on the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List, with an average salary of $128,290 and a median of $119,433. The highest-paid was Rhonda Crocker-Ellacott (President and Chief Executive Officer / Présidente et directrice générale at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre) at $494,124. The City of Thunder Bay, the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, and area school boards.
These figures cover public-sector employers named for Thunder Bay — its municipal government, police, transit, school boards, hospitals, and universities that carry the city’s name. Employees at organizations whose names don’t include “Thunder Bay” (some hospitals and regional bodies) aren’t captured here. Records span 1996–2025.