4,704 Windsor public-sector employees earned $100,000 or more on the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List, with an average salary of $133,058 and a median of $121,564. The highest-paid was Karen Riddell (President and Chief Executive Officer/Présidente-directeur général at Windsor Regional Hospital) at $433,886. The City of Windsor, Windsor Regional Hospital, and the University of Windsor.
These figures cover public-sector employers named for Windsor — its municipal government, police, transit, school boards, hospitals, and universities that carry the city’s name. Employees at organizations whose names don’t include “Windsor” (some hospitals and regional bodies) aren’t captured here. Records span 1996–2025.
Windsor is one slice of the province-wide disclosure — see the full Ontario Sunshine List 2025 for top earners, sector totals, and the largest employers across Ontario.