City Of Welland

2000–2025 · 1,011 total records

114 employees (2025)$123,583 avg salary$16.2M total payroll (2025)26 years on list

Highest paid all-time

Steve Zorbas

Chief Administrative Officer

$297,916

2023

Stephanie Nagel

General Manager, Corporate and Enterprise Services

$246,584

2025

Craig Stirtzinger

City Manager

$242,536

2015

Rob Axiak

Chief Administrative Officer

$245,692

2024

Travers Fitzpatrick

General Manager of Infrastructure and Development Services

$227,094

2020

Gary Long

Chief Administrative Officer

$230,283

2020

Sherri-Marie Millar

Director of Infrastructure Services

$232,925

2025

Jessica Ruddell

Chief Administrative Officer

$230,846

2025

Steve Zorbas

Chief Administrative Officer

$228,727

2022

Gary Long

Chief Administrative Officer

$224,655

2019

Headcount & Salary Trends

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

Year-by-Year Breakdown

2025+15.2% headcount

Employees

114

Avg Salary

$141,728

Median

$134,673

Total Payroll

$16.2M

2024+12.5% headcount

Employees

99

Avg Salary

$128,412

Median

$122,706

Total Payroll

$12.7M

2023+6.0% headcount

Employees

88

Avg Salary

$127,523

Median

$120,348

Total Payroll

$11.2M

2022+9.2% headcount

Employees

83

Avg Salary

$125,289

Median

$118,587

Total Payroll

$10.4M

2021+2.7% headcount

Employees

76

Avg Salary

$121,676

Median

$114,876

Total Payroll

$9.2M

2020-1.3% headcount

Employees

74

Avg Salary

$122,884

Median

$112,782

Total Payroll

$9.1M

2019+36.4% headcount

Employees

75

Avg Salary

$129,604

Median

$122,047

Total Payroll

$9.7M

2018+25.0% headcount

Employees

55

Avg Salary

$115,709

Median

$111,309

Total Payroll

$6.4M

2017+12.8% headcount

Employees

44

Avg Salary

$115,657

Median

$113,437

Total Payroll

$5.1M

2016-42.6% headcount

Employees

39

Avg Salary

$115,109

Median

$112,332

Total Payroll

$4.5M

2015+70.0% headcount

Employees

68

Avg Salary

$122,364

Median

$114,751

Total Payroll

$8.3M

2014+42.9% headcount

Employees

40

Avg Salary

$112,123

Median

$108,037

Total Payroll

$4.5M

2013+21.7% headcount

Employees

28

Avg Salary

$112,057

Median

$107,503

Total Payroll

$3.1M

2012-8.0% headcount

Employees

23

Avg Salary

$113,905

Median

$111,364

Total Payroll

$2.6M

2011+4.2% headcount

Employees

25

Avg Salary

$112,985

Median

$111,236

Total Payroll

$2.8M

2010+71.4% headcount

Employees

24

Avg Salary

$111,262

Median

$108,680

Total Payroll

$2.7M

2009-48.1% headcount

Employees

14

Avg Salary

$109,877

Median

$105,281

Total Payroll

$1.5M

2008+440.0% headcount

Employees

27

Avg Salary

$118,174

Median

$119,252

Total Payroll

$3.2M

2007+66.7% headcount

Employees

5

Avg Salary

$112,617

Median

$113,536

Total Payroll

$563K

2006+200.0% headcount

Employees

3

Avg Salary

$107,720

Median

$106,760

Total Payroll

$323K

2005+0.0% headcount

Employees

1

Avg Salary

$118,620

Median

$118,620

Total Payroll

$119K

2004+0.0% headcount

Employees

1

Avg Salary

$115,191

Median

$115,191

Total Payroll

$115K

2003-50.0% headcount

Employees

1

Avg Salary

$115,634

Median

$115,634

Total Payroll

$116K

2002+100.0% headcount

Employees

2

Avg Salary

$108,518

Median

$108,518

Total Payroll

$217K

2001+0.0% headcount

Employees

1

Avg Salary

$108,493

Median

$108,493

Total Payroll

$108K

2000

Employees

1

Avg Salary

$100,693

Median

$100,693

Total Payroll

$101K

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.