Firefighter

The 2025 Ontario Sunshine List shows that the average and median salaries for a Firefighter are $135,243.65 and $132,415.33, respectively.

In 2025, Kurt Poyhonen, holding the position of Firefighter Operation at the City of Toronto received the highest salary of $249,304.46 among similar positions in Ontario public organizations. Gregory Fitzgerald, serving as the Firefighter at City of Mississauga , earned the highest salary of $224,195.10 among individuals in the same position across public organizations in Ontario during that year.

In the year 2025, the highest-paying organizations for Firefighter and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Town of Hawkesbury with an average pay of $154,479.10; City of Kenora with an average pay of $151,078.19; Town of Midland with an average pay of $149,394.82; City of Stratford with an average pay of $148,452.34; and City of Quinte West with an average pay of $144,426.31.

A total of 63 organizations had employees who held comparable positions as mentioned in the Ontario Sunshine list.

In the year 2025, the highest-paying sector or industries for Firefighter and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Municipalities and Services with an average pay of $135,247.04; and Colleges with an average pay of $114,754.86.

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

The 2025 Ontario Sunshine List indicates that the representation of gender diversity in Firefighter is 91.25% male and 8.75% female, respectively.