City Of Burlington

1997–2025 · 4,574 total records

554 employees (2025)$127,571 avg salary$75.1M total payroll (2025)29 years on list

Highest paid all-time

Tim Commisso

City Manager

$341,688

2024

Timothy L Dobbie

City Manager

$309,321

2007

Tim Commisso

City Manager

$314,513

2023

James Ridge

City Manager

$304,545

2017

Tim Commisso

City Manager

$298,233

2020

Sheila Jones

Executive Director

$281,342

2024

Tim Commisso

City Manager

$288,437

2022

Curt Benson

Chief Administrative Officer

$280,810

2025

Tim Commisso

City Manager

$287,476

2021

James Ridge

City Manager

$283,881

2018

Headcount & Salary Trends

Employees earning $100k+ per year · bars = headcount, lines = salary

Year-by-Year Breakdown

2025+9.3% headcount

Employees

554

Avg Salary

$135,593

Median

$131,905

Total Payroll

$75.1M

2024+10.9% headcount

Employees

507

Avg Salary

$133,891

Median

$128,198

Total Payroll

$67.9M

2023+16.3% headcount

Employees

457

Avg Salary

$132,720

Median

$126,943

Total Payroll

$60.7M

2022+15.2% headcount

Employees

393

Avg Salary

$129,795

Median

$125,320

Total Payroll

$51.0M

2021+6.9% headcount

Employees

341

Avg Salary

$127,535

Median

$121,669

Total Payroll

$43.5M

2020+10.0% headcount

Employees

319

Avg Salary

$128,747

Median

$123,420

Total Payroll

$41.1M

2019+8.2% headcount

Employees

290

Avg Salary

$122,533

Median

$116,628

Total Payroll

$35.5M

2018+41.8% headcount

Employees

268

Avg Salary

$132,963

Median

$131,687

Total Payroll

$35.6M

2017+15.2% headcount

Employees

189

Avg Salary

$114,814

Median

$109,567

Total Payroll

$21.7M

2016-29.3% headcount

Employees

164

Avg Salary

$115,269

Median

$108,181

Total Payroll

$18.9M

2015+100.0% headcount

Employees

232

Avg Salary

$121,267

Median

$116,099

Total Payroll

$28.1M

2014+10.5% headcount

Employees

116

Avg Salary

$118,132

Median

$110,397

Total Payroll

$13.7M

2013-9.5% headcount

Employees

105

Avg Salary

$121,291

Median

$111,728

Total Payroll

$12.7M

2012+27.5% headcount

Employees

116

Avg Salary

$119,328

Median

$111,390

Total Payroll

$13.8M

2011+9.6% headcount

Employees

91

Avg Salary

$121,449

Median

$109,718

Total Payroll

$11.1M

2010-4.6% headcount

Employees

83

Avg Salary

$123,295

Median

$112,648

Total Payroll

$10.2M

2009+33.8% headcount

Employees

87

Avg Salary

$121,891

Median

$110,373

Total Payroll

$10.6M

2008+8.3% headcount

Employees

65

Avg Salary

$122,996

Median

$110,840

Total Payroll

$8.0M

2007+93.5% headcount

Employees

60

Avg Salary

$123,621

Median

$109,028

Total Payroll

$7.4M

2006+14.8% headcount

Employees

31

Avg Salary

$129,508

Median

$126,531

Total Payroll

$4.0M

2005+28.6% headcount

Employees

27

Avg Salary

$128,094

Median

$125,401

Total Payroll

$3.5M

2004+23.5% headcount

Employees

21

Avg Salary

$125,399

Median

$122,132

Total Payroll

$2.6M

2003+13.3% headcount

Employees

17

Avg Salary

$121,646

Median

$116,041

Total Payroll

$2.1M

2002+66.7% headcount

Employees

15

Avg Salary

$116,904

Median

$110,397

Total Payroll

$1.8M

2001+125.0% headcount

Employees

9

Avg Salary

$112,502

Median

$103,672

Total Payroll

$1.0M

2000+0.0% headcount

Employees

4

Avg Salary

$116,318

Median

$112,975

Total Payroll

$465K

1999-20.0% headcount

Employees

4

Avg Salary

$111,501

Median

$104,942

Total Payroll

$446K

1998+25.0% headcount

Employees

5

Avg Salary

$106,411

Median

$103,777

Total Payroll

$532K

1997

Employees

4

Avg Salary

$103,222

Median

$101,107

Total Payroll

$413K

Data sourced from the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure. This site is independent and not affiliated with the Government of Ontario. Always verify against the official source.