Public Salaries
Ontario public pay

Joseph Meringer

Platoon Chief at City Of Oshawa. On Ontario’s disclosure list 9 years between 2007 and 2015.

Salary disclosure2015
Joseph Meringer
Platoon Chief
City Of Oshawa
Salary paid
$156,131.47
Taxable benefits
$498.80
Total disclosed
$156,630.27
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2014: +$29,580 (+23.4%)
9years on
the list

Among 135 people with the title “Platoon Chief” in 2015

Paid more than 74% of them. Their median: $143,152.

Among 229 people at City Of Oshawa in 2015

11th highest paid. Their median: $118,020.

Paid more than 87% of everyone on the 2015 disclosure list, which only lists people paid $100,000 or more.

middle 80%middle halfmedianthis personspacing grows with pay (log scale)

Salary by year

Show as a table
YearSalaryMedian for the job
2007$105,667$105,611
2008$104,880$107,675
2009$103,851$107,946
2010$111,899$108,151
2011$109,152$108,831
2012$123,092$110,599
2013$115,303$114,470
2014$126,552$117,986
2015$156,131$143,152

History

YearEmployer and jobSalaryBenefitsChange
2015City Of OshawaPlatoon Chief$156,131$499+$29,580 (+23.4%)
2014City Of OshawaCaptain$126,552$464+$11,248 (+9.8%)
2013City Of OshawaCaptain$115,303$426−$7,788 (−6.3%)
2012City Of OshawaCaptain$123,092$427+$13,940 (+12.8%)
2011City Of OshawaCaptain$109,152$427−$2,747 (−2.5%)
2010City Of OshawaCaptain$111,899$365+$8,047 (+7.7%)
2009City Of OshawaCaptain$103,851$321−$1,028 (−1.0%)
2008City Of OshawaCaptain$104,880$312−$787 (−0.7%)
2007City Of OshawaCaptain$105,667$293

Compare

Questions and answers

Why is Joseph Meringer on the disclosure list?

City Of Oshawa paid Joseph Meringer $156,131 in 2015. Ontario’s public employers must disclose everyone they paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year, under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.

What does “salary paid” include?

What the employer paid in the calendar year, so it can include overtime, retroactive pay, vacation payouts, severance or a partial year. Taxable benefits are listed separately. How the lists work

What do the comparisons mean?

Ranks and shares are among people on the same year’s list only: those with the same title, those at the same employer, or everyone listed. People paid under $100,000 are not on the list, so they are not counted.

How do I report a mistake or ask for a record to be removed?

Privacy and corrections explains both. Figures are shown exactly as Ontario published them; we fix matching mistakes and handle removal requests there.

Years are matched by name and employer. Salary paid can include overtime, retroactive pay and one-time payments. Figures are exactly as Ontario published them. How we match years · Report a mistake or ask for removal