What does this employer profile show?
This profile summarizes City Of Kitchener disclosed records in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure, including salary paid, taxable benefits, role-family mix, salary bands, and sector context.
Employer public compensation profile
City Of Kitchener public compensation profile, 2025
City Of Kitchener appears in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure with 620 disclosed records, $82,030,391 in salary paid, and a median disclosed salary of $126,758. These figures reflect disclosed records only and should not be interpreted as total workforce compensation, total institutional payroll, or a standalone judgment.
Key disclosed metrics
Disclosed records620public disclosure rows
Disclosed payroll$82.0M$82,030,391 salary paid
Median disclosed salary$126,758among disclosed records
Taxable benefits$865.9K1.06% of salary paid
SectorMunicipalities & ServicesView Municipalities & Services sector page
Inferred placeOntario / not location-specificplatform-generated label
Profile snapshot
- Sector footprint
- 0.7% of sector disclosed records; 0.7% of sector salary paid.
- Median vs sector
- Employer median: $126,758; sector median: $126,555; close to sector median.
- Role-family salary share
- Protective services — 29.1% of this employer’s salary paid.
- Salary-band concentration
- 100–125k — 46.5% of disclosed records.
- Benefits-to-salary ratio
- Employer: 1.06%; sector: 0.75%.
- Benchmark caveat
- Disclosed-record benchmarks only.
Responsible use and limits
Disclosure records require context: they are not judgments about people, employers, or sectors; salary paid is not total compensation; disclosed rows are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
- Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
- Salary paid is not total compensation.
- Disclosed payroll is not total employer or sector payroll.
- Role family and inferred place are platform-generated heuristics, not official Ontario fields.
What this page does not conclude
- It does not assess performance, value, efficiency, quality, conduct, or compensation fairness.
- It does not prove a trend from one year of disclosure.
- It does not explain individual employment circumstances, overtime, retroactive payments, or partial-year effects.
- It does not replace source review, methodology, or correction context.
What stands out in this profile?
- The profile includes 620 disclosed records and $82,030,391 in salary paid.
- The median disclosed salary is $126,758, compared with $126,555 for the Municipalities & Services sector; this is close to the sector median disclosed salary.
- The largest role family by disclosed salary paid is Protective services.
- The largest salary band by disclosed record count is 100–125k.
- Reported taxable benefits equal 1.06% of salary paid, using disclosed taxable benefits only.
These observations summarize disclosed records only and should be interpreted with source attribution, methodology, and responsible-use caveats.
Sector context
Within this sector’s disclosed records, City Of Kitchener can be compared with the Municipalities & Services sector by disclosed record count, salary paid, median disclosed salary, and average disclosed salary where available. This is context for transparency and benchmarking, not a measure of performance, value, efficiency, quality, or compensation fairness.
| Metric | City Of Kitchener | Municipalities & Services sector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed records | 620 | 92,492 | 0.7% of sector disclosed records |
| Disclosed payroll / salary paid | $82,030,391 | $12,319,366,372 | 0.7% of sector salary paid |
| Median disclosed salary | $126,758 | $126,555 | Median salary paid among disclosed records only. |
| Average disclosed salary | $132,307 | $133,194 | Average salary paid among disclosed records only. |
Role-family mix
Role families summarize disclosed position titles using neutral, platform-generated heuristics. They do not assess performance, efficiency, quality, or institutional value.
| Role family | Disclosed records | Disclosed payroll | Median disclosed salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protective services | 180 | $23,859,059 | $129,487 |
| Corporate administration and operations | 131 | $16,855,270 | $127,020 |
| Other disclosed roles | 122 | $15,004,203 | $113,785 |
| Engineering, planning and infrastructure | 67 | $8,644,042 | $122,070 |
| Executive and senior leadership | 24 | $4,708,536 | $176,512 |
| Digital, data and technology | 38 | $4,620,497 | $117,671 |
| Communications, marketing and public affairs | 19 | $2,919,018 | $148,864 |
| Finance, procurement and audit | 19 | $2,572,897 | $117,785 |
| Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | 12 | $1,660,517 | $131,838 |
| Legal and judiciary | 5 | $772,567 | $154,169 |
| Teaching and school administration | 2 | $271,076 | $135,538 |
| Academic and research | 1 | $142,708 | $142,708 |
Salary-band distribution
Salary bands summarize disclosed salary-paid records only.
| Salary band | Disclosed records | Salary paid |
|---|---|---|
| 100–125k | 288 | $32,198,080 |
| 125–150k | 199 | $26,466,296 |
| 150–200k | 115 | $19,131,210 |
| 200–300k | 17 | $3,910,375 |
| 300–500k | 1 | $324,430 |
| 500k+ | 0 | $0 |
Selected disclosed records for this employer
This table shows selected public disclosure records for this employer, sorted by salary paid. Records are shown for context and should be read with source attribution, methodology, and role-family caveats. Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
| Name | Position | Role family | Salary paid | Taxable benefits | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman, Daniel | Chief Administrative Officer | Executive and senior leadership | $324,430 | $15,186 | 2025 |
| Beke, Donna | Chief of Communications | Executive and senior leadership | $280,732 | $783 | 2025 |
| Deter, Sarah | Chief of Communications | Executive and senior leadership | $264,704 | $765 | 2025 |
| May, Michael | General Manager, Community Services and Deputy Chief Administrative Officer | Executive and senior leadership | $257,207 | $3,764 | 2025 |
| McGoldrick, Denise | General Manager, Infrastructure Services | Engineering, planning and infrastructure | $255,890 | $1,449 | 2025 |
| Lautenbach, Jonathan | Chief Financial Officer, Financial Services | Executive and senior leadership | $248,206 | $3,764 | 2025 |
| Readman, Justin | General Manager, Development Services | Corporate administration and operations | $248,032 | $1,449 | 2025 |
| Raab, Victoria | General Manager, Corporate Services | Corporate administration and operations | $246,126 | $3,067 | 2025 |
| Anderson, Tracey | Communication Officer | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $226,576 | $794 | 2025 |
| Gilmore, Robert | Fire Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $213,754 | $4,714 | 2025 |
| Corneal, Kelly | Communication Officer | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $212,727 | $687 | 2025 |
| St. Louis, Gregory | Director, Utilities | Other disclosed roles | $211,817 | $617 | 2025 |
View up to 100 disclosed records, sorted by salary paid
The expanded table lists up to 100 public disclosure records for this employer. These rows are not individual pages and should not be treated as a standalone judgment about any individual. These are public disclosure rows for this employer. Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees and should be interpreted with source attribution, methodology, and role-family caveats.
| Name | Position | Role family | Salary paid | Taxable benefits | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman, Daniel | Chief Administrative Officer | Executive and senior leadership | $324,430 | $15,186 | 2025 |
| Beke, Donna | Chief of Communications | Executive and senior leadership | $280,732 | $783 | 2025 |
| Deter, Sarah | Chief of Communications | Executive and senior leadership | $264,704 | $765 | 2025 |
| May, Michael | General Manager, Community Services and Deputy Chief Administrative Officer | Executive and senior leadership | $257,207 | $3,764 | 2025 |
| McGoldrick, Denise | General Manager, Infrastructure Services | Engineering, planning and infrastructure | $255,890 | $1,449 | 2025 |
| Lautenbach, Jonathan | Chief Financial Officer, Financial Services | Executive and senior leadership | $248,206 | $3,764 | 2025 |
| Readman, Justin | General Manager, Development Services | Corporate administration and operations | $248,032 | $1,449 | 2025 |
| Raab, Victoria | General Manager, Corporate Services | Corporate administration and operations | $246,126 | $3,067 | 2025 |
| Anderson, Tracey | Communication Officer | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $226,576 | $794 | 2025 |
| Gilmore, Robert | Fire Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $213,754 | $4,714 | 2025 |
| Corneal, Kelly | Communication Officer | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $212,727 | $687 | 2025 |
| St. Louis, Gregory | Director, Utilities | Other disclosed roles | $211,817 | $617 | 2025 |
| Freeman, Kim | First Class Communication Operator | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $211,690 | $859 | 2025 |
| Macdonald, Lesley | Director, Legal Services and City Solicitor | Legal and judiciary | $209,974 | $3,650 | 2025 |
| Resendes, Dimetra | Director, Human Resources | Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | $209,150 | $3,439 | 2025 |
| Scheerer, Melissa | First Class Communication Operator | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $206,392 | $784 | 2025 |
| Fusco, Amanda | Director, Legislated Services and City Clerk | Corporate administration and operations | $205,383 | $2,827 | 2025 |
| Davidson, Chris | Deputy Fire Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $202,017 | $6,191 | 2025 |
| Lynch, Matthew | Director, Fleet | Other disclosed roles | $197,387 | $909 | 2025 |
| Fischer, Katie | Director, Financial Reporting and Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions | Finance, procurement and audit | $196,584 | $3,782 | 2025 |
| O'Halloran, Patrick | Deputy Fire Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $196,027 | $8,453 | 2025 |
| Johnson, Brenda | Director, Financial Operations | Finance, procurement and audit | $195,110 | $4,153 | 2025 |
| Benedict, Tim | Manager, Building | Corporate administration and operations | $194,950 | $1,325 | 2025 |
| Schipper, Robert | Manager, Building | Corporate administration and operations | $194,188 | $3,211 | 2025 |
| Dechert, Brandon | First Class Communication Operator | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $193,246 | $762 | 2025 |
| Murray, Dan | Director, Technology Innovation and Services | Digital, data and technology | $193,016 | $3,481 | 2025 |
| Macdonald, Janette | Manager, Organizational Development and Learning | Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | $191,839 | $3,122 | 2025 |
| Seiling, Michael | Director, Building and Chief Building Official | Executive and senior leadership | $191,544 | $559 | 2025 |
| Saleh, Saleh | Director, Revenue | Other disclosed roles | $191,361 | $2,874 | 2025 |
| Bustamante, Rosa | Director, Planning and Housing Policy/City Planner | Engineering, planning and infrastructure | $191,285 | $4,161 | 2025 |
| Macneil, Gloria | Director, Bylaw Enforcement | Other disclosed roles | $191,225 | $3,437 | 2025 |
| Bluhm, Cory | Executive Director Economic Development | Executive and senior leadership | $191,131 | $4,148 | 2025 |
| Lam, Buuan | Director, Sanitary and Stormwater Utilities | Other disclosed roles | $190,958 | $1,118 | 2025 |
| Miller, Jana | Director, Corporate Customer Service | Other disclosed roles | $190,875 | $1,118 | 2025 |
| Hagey, Ryan | Director, Financial Planning and Asset Management | Finance, procurement and audit | $190,871 | $4,146 | 2025 |
| Lusk, Roslyn | Director, Operations (Roads and Traffic) | Engineering, planning and infrastructure | $190,694 | $1,118 | 2025 |
| Hildebrand, Mark | Director, Neighbourhood Programs and Services | Other disclosed roles | $188,739 | $4,134 | 2025 |
| Rowland, Bethany | Director, Corporate Communication and Marketing | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $188,135 | $1,420 | 2025 |
| Silcox-Childs, Jeffery | Director, Parks and Cemeteries | Other disclosed roles | $187,427 | $2,191 | 2025 |
| Mortimer, Deborah | Communication Officer | Communications, marketing and public affairs | $186,118 | $794 | 2025 |
| O'Reilly, Andrew | Platoon Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $183,016 | $402 | 2025 |
| Spere, Chris | Director, Engineering Services | Other disclosed roles | $181,129 | $3,614 | 2025 |
| Ruetz, Matt | Municipal Building Offical Technical Specialist | Other disclosed roles | $180,595 | $784 | 2025 |
| Jones, Scott | Platoon Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $177,373 | $445 | 2025 |
| Cheyne, Bob | Director, Sport | Other disclosed roles | $176,008 | $2,848 | 2025 |
| Moggy, Blake | Platoon Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $175,652 | $402 | 2025 |
| Riley, Carlin | Platoon Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $175,194 | $402 | 2025 |
| Chinnick, Todd | Captain | Protective services | $174,857 | $402 | 2025 |
| Noble, Jeff | Platoon Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $174,846 | $402 | 2025 |
| Greb, Daryl | Assistant Platoon Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $173,745 | $402 | 2025 |
| Akintunde, Akin | Amanda Application Specialist | Other disclosed roles | $173,425 | $2,974 | 2025 |
| North, Ken | Assistant Platoon Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $173,127 | $402 | 2025 |
| Stevenson, Garett | Director, Development and Housing Approvals | Other disclosed roles | $172,522 | $3,876 | 2025 |
| Becks, Darren | Director, Facilities Management | Engineering, planning and infrastructure | $171,520 | $1,001 | 2025 |
| Boreham, Brian | Assistant Platoon Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $170,036 | $402 | 2025 |
| Baechler, Lauren | Fire Prevention Officer | Protective services | $169,841 | $397 | 2025 |
| O'Sullivan, James | Captain | Protective services | $169,571 | $402 | 2025 |
| Woods, Scott | Captain | Protective services | $169,369 | $413 | 2025 |
| Young, Stephen | Captain | Protective services | $169,075 | $431 | 2025 |
| Wilson, Jeffery | Captain | Protective services | $168,567 | $402 | 2025 |
| Gitzel, Terry | Deputy Fire Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $168,260 | $4,841 | 2025 |
| Pozza, Shelby | Fire Prevention Officer | Protective services | $167,683 | $791 | 2025 |
| Hughes, Lance | Assistant Platoon Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $166,843 | $402 | 2025 |
| Weber, Peter | Captain | Protective services | $165,923 | $402 | 2025 |
| Zinger, Jason | Captain | Protective services | $165,593 | $402 | 2025 |
| Macinnis, Stephen | Training Director | Other disclosed roles | $161,777 | $454 | 2025 |
| Harper, Norm | Captain | Protective services | $161,629 | $402 | 2025 |
| McDonald, Patrick | Captain | Protective services | $161,629 | $402 | 2025 |
| Matches, Shawn | Captain | Protective services | $161,388 | $402 | 2025 |
| Martin, Gerald | Captain | Protective services | $161,127 | $388 | 2025 |
| Love, Margaret | Director, Strategy and Corporate Performance | Other disclosed roles | $160,947 | $3,841 | 2025 |
| Parker, Raymond | Utility Crew Leader | Other disclosed roles | $160,862 | $1,232 | 2025 |
| Mick, Angela | Manager, Quality Management and Water Programs | Engineering, planning and infrastructure | $159,676 | $904 | 2025 |
| Bowman, David | First Class Fire Fighter | Protective services | $159,477 | $439 | 2025 |
| Miller, Andrew | Captain | Protective services | $159,104 | $462 | 2025 |
| Reynolds, Will | Captain | Protective services | $158,707 | $402 | 2025 |
| Bye, Mark | Captain | Protective services | $158,182 | $402 | 2025 |
| Tasker, Corina | Internal Auditor | Finance, procurement and audit | $158,122 | $3,782 | 2025 |
| Heseltine, Paul | Captain | Protective services | $157,673 | $402 | 2025 |
| Heuchert, David | Deputy Fire Chief | Executive and senior leadership | $157,576 | $992 | 2025 |
| Currie, Kirk | Captain | Protective services | $157,570 | $402 | 2025 |
| Eddleston, James | Captain | Protective services | $157,570 | $411 | 2025 |
| Wood, Douglas | Captain | Protective services | $157,570 | $402 | 2025 |
| Ganguly, Anil | Captain | Protective services | $157,570 | $402 | 2025 |
| Ogilvie, Michael | Captain | Protective services | $157,570 | $402 | 2025 |
| Gaudet, Terry | Captain | Protective services | $157,570 | $402 | 2025 |
| Hassarajani, Chetan | Manager, Digital Infrastructure and Support | Digital, data and technology | $157,435 | $3,218 | 2025 |
| Dueck, Jeremy | Director, Arts and Entertainment | Other disclosed roles | $157,333 | $2,767 | 2025 |
| Gomes, Matthew | Captain | Protective services | $157,127 | $402 | 2025 |
| Rye, Jeff | Supervisor, Utilities | Corporate administration and operations | $157,072 | $954 | 2025 |
| Janzen, Derek | Captain | Protective services | $157,033 | $402 | 2025 |
| Ryan, Matthew | Manager, Training and Programs | Corporate administration and operations | $156,927 | $904 | 2025 |
| Cronkite, Barry | Director, Transportation Services | Engineering, planning and infrastructure | $156,752 | $3,218 | 2025 |
| Rathwell, Kevin | First Class Fire Fighter | Protective services | $156,706 | $451 | 2025 |
| Lebrun, Roger | Manager, Accounting and Payroll | Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | $156,096 | $2,767 | 2025 |
| Allen, Steven | Manager, Engineering Design and Approvals | Corporate administration and operations | $155,780 | $1,508 | 2025 |
| Tilt, Rob | Captain | Protective services | $155,728 | $402 | 2025 |
| Paetz, David | Utilities Engineer (Gas) | Engineering, planning and infrastructure | $155,718 | $904 | 2025 |
| Gaber, Tammer | Manager, Operations (Utilities) | Corporate administration and operations | $155,570 | $452 | 2025 |
| Aitken, Kyal | Captain | Protective services | $155,523 | $402 | 2025 |
Source, methodology, and corrections
This profile is based on Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure source data as processed for public-interest analysis. Review source attribution, methodology, and correction options before relying on any single figure.
Employer profile questions and answers
Are disclosed records the same as employees?
No. Disclosed records are public disclosure rows and are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
Is role family an official Ontario field?
No. Role family is a platform-generated heuristic based on position title and is not an official Ontario field.
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