City Of St Catharines

2018–2025 · 1,512 total records

305 employees (2025)$132,036 avg salary$41.7M total payroll (2025)8 years on list

Highest paid all-time

David Oakes

Chief Administrative Officer

$290,151

2025

David Oakes

Chief Administrative Officer

$271,758

2023

David Oakes

Chief Administrative Officer

$270,258

2024

$254,523

2020

David Oakes

Chief Administrative Officer

$255,590

2022

David Upper

Director of Fire Services/Fire Chief

$242,076

2022

Shelley Chemnitz

Chief Administrative Officer

$251,235

2020

$236,442

2020

Shelley Chemnitz

Chief Administrative Officer

$244,357

2019

Erin Ohoski

Deputy Chief Administrative Officer

$234,156

2025

Headcount & Salary Trends

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

Year-by-Year Breakdown

2025+26.0% headcount

Employees

305

Avg Salary

$136,848

Median

$131,933

Total Payroll

$41.7M

2024+19.2% headcount

Employees

242

Avg Salary

$133,067

Median

$130,805

Total Payroll

$32.2M

2023-1.5% headcount

Employees

203

Avg Salary

$133,331

Median

$130,687

Total Payroll

$27.1M

2022+4.6% headcount

Employees

206

Avg Salary

$135,941

Median

$131,514

Total Payroll

$28.0M

2021+6.5% headcount

Employees

197

Avg Salary

$127,478

Median

$124,348

Total Payroll

$25.1M

2020+6.9% headcount

Employees

185

Avg Salary

$127,983

Median

$121,437

Total Payroll

$23.7M

2019+17200.0% headcount

Employees

173

Avg Salary

$125,199

Median

$121,854

Total Payroll

$21.7M

2018

Employees

1

Avg Salary

$177,915

Median

$177,915

Total Payroll

$178K

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.