Highest-Paid Public-Sector Employees in Windsor (2025)

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.

Disclosed (2025)

4,704

Average salary

$133,058

Median salary

$121,564

Highest

$433,886

Largest public-sector employers in Windsor (2025)

Windsor Regional Hospital1,285 · $122,913 avg City Of Windsor1,219 · $136,859 avg Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board1,083 · $121,868 avg University Of Windsor929 · $155,074 avg Windsor-Essex Children's Aid Society75 · $120,312 avg Windsor-Essex County Health Unit31 · $135,988 avg Windsor Essex Community Health Centre29 · $172,641 avg Canadian Mental Health Association – Windsor-Essex County Branch21 · $144,288 avg Community Living Windsor10 · $123,145 avg Hospice Of Windsor and Essex County Inc7 · $113,384 avg Unemployed Help Centre Of Windsor5 · $113,027 avg Alzheimer Society Of Windsor and Essex County3 · $117,745 avg

Top 25 highest-paid in Windsor (2025)

#	Name	Job title	Employer	Salary
1	Karen Riddell	President and Chief Executive Officer/Présidente-directeur général	Windsor Regional Hospital	$433,886
2	Robert Gordon	President Emeritus	University Of Windsor	$430,277
3	Jonathon State	Physician	Windsor Essex Community Health Centre	$378,613
4	Aislinn Pearce	Physician	Windsor Essex Community Health Centre	$367,563
5	Mohammed Hussain	Family Physician	Canadian Mental Health Association – Windsor-Essex County Branch	$364,284
6	Gail Maples	Physician	Windsor Essex Community Health Centre	$362,956
7	Vanessa Demelo	Physician	Windsor Essex Community Health Centre	$351,858
8	Raymond Mensour	Chief Administrative Officer	City Of Windsor	$333,505
9	Stephanie Mulaosmanovic	Physician	Windsor Essex Community Health Centre	$315,476
10	Luc Serre	Senior Medical Physicist / Physicien médical principal	Windsor Regional Hospital	$312,098
11	Wassim Saad	Chief of Staff / Chef d'équipe	Windsor Regional Hospital	$309,918
12	Mehrdad Saif	Professor	University Of Windsor	$307,133
13	Mehdi Aloosh	Chief Medical Officer of Health	Windsor-Essex County Health Unit	$305,003
14	Emelda Byrne	Director of Education	Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board	$297,846
15	Graham Reader	Professor	University Of Windsor	$297,270
16	Niharendu Biswas	Professor	University Of Windsor	$296,217
17	Jelena Payne	Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Commissioner Economic Development	City Of Windsor	$285,712
18	Andrew Daher	Commissioner Corporate Services	City Of Windsor	$285,224
19	Majid Ahmadi	Professor	University Of Windsor	$280,464
20	Shanthi Johnson	Vice-President, Research and Innovation	University Of Windsor	$280,265
21	Robert Aguirre	Professor	University Of Windsor	$278,628
22	Waguih Elmaraghy	Professor	University Of Windsor	$275,842
23	Janice Guthrie	Commissioner Finance and City Treasurer	City Of Windsor	$275,147
24	Paul Ocheje	Professor	University Of Windsor	$275,107
25	Mohammed Baki	Professor; Master of Management Instructor	University Of Windsor	$274,195

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Highest-Paid Public-Sector Employees in Windsor (2025)

Largest public-sector employers in Windsor (2025)

Top 25 highest-paid in Windsor (2025)

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