11,054 Waterloo public-sector employees earned $100,000 or more on the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List, with an average salary of $133,625 and a median of $118,156. The highest-paid was Ronald Gagnon (President and Chief Executive Officer at Waterloo Regional Health Network) at $640,357. The City of Waterloo, the University of Waterloo, and Waterloo-region school boards and health bodies.
These figures cover public-sector employers named for Waterloo — its municipal government, police, transit, school boards, hospitals, and universities that carry the city’s name. Employees at organizations whose names don’t include “Waterloo” (some hospitals and regional bodies) aren’t captured here. Records span 1996–2025.