Average Muncipal Wages

Submitted by Olabisi Akinsanya-Hutka on

Hi Everyone,

 

Please, I need your help. Where can I find average wage data for municipal worker, specifically for the Public Works department.

I appreciate every input I receive regarding this question asked.

 

Thanks

Hi Olabisi!   Conmee's PW is…

Hi Olabisi!   

Conmee's PW is unionized so the best place to look would be Collective Portal (https://www.lr.labour.gov.on.ca/en-CA/Collective-Agreements/) - its interactive reports are also interesting especially the wage trends (https://www.ontario.ca/page/collective-bargaining-ontario-interactive-reports)

Administration is difficult since the duties/roles can vary with each municipality.  You almost need to break down the job into its various elements and then determine a base wage from there. For example, a Deputy Clerk-Treasurer who spends 90% of her time on treasurer stuff is going to have a different wage expectation than a Deputy Clerk-Treasurer who spends 90% of her on time on front-line admin stuff. 

It's very tricky. The best thing to do is ask all the neighbouring municipalities for their wages and then try to adjust for the differences in population/workload/etc. And then of course the private sector is always your competition.

For a high level overview of wages, you can look at MMAH FIR data to see what the overall dept wages/positions are.  And the data is usually a year or two behind but it can be interesting to see patterns.

take care! 

Shara Lavallee

CAO/Clerk-Treasurer, Town of Rainy River

Submitted by Shara N. Lavallee, CMO on Wed, 09/10/2025 - 17:31

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