Fire Chief

The 2023 Ontario Sunshine List shows that the average and median salaries for a Fire Chief are $151,503.55 and $150,031.19, respectively.

In 2023, Matthew Pegg, holding the position of Fire Chief General Manager at the City of Toronto received the highest salary of $324,949.20 among similar positions in Ontario public organizations. Lori Ann Hamer, serving as the Fire Chief at City of London , earned the highest salary of $280,343.94 among individuals in the same position across public organizations in Ontario during that year.

In the year 2023, the highest-paying organizations for Fire Chief and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: City of Ottawa with an average pay of $235,124.13; Town of Halton Hills with an average pay of $214,108.80; City of Richmond Hill with an average pay of $208,284.01; City of London with an average pay of $205,996.45; and Ontario Provincial Police with an average pay of $193,998.26.

A total of 191 organizations had employees who held comparable positions as mentioned in the Ontario Sunshine list.

In the year 2023, the highest-paying sector or industries for Fire Chief and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Government of Ontario - Ministries with an average pay of $193,998.26; and Municipalities and Services with an average pay of $151,406.31.

There were 2 sectors where employees held similar positions, as indicated in the Ontario Sunshine list.

The 2023 Ontario Sunshine List indicates that the representation of gender diversity in Fire Chief is 92.43% male and 7.57% female, respectively.