Public Salaries
Salary disclosure2025
Salary paid
$234,066.13
Taxable benefits
$900.45
Total disclosed
$234,966.58
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2024: +$68,213 (+41.1%)
18years on
the list

Among 1,597 people with the title “Sergeant” in 2025

Paid more than 96% of them. Their median: $160,294.

Among 957 people at Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. Police in 2025

23rd highest paid. Their median: $144,347.

Paid more than 97% of everyone on the 2025 disclosure list, which only lists people paid $100,000 or more.

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Salary by year

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YearSalaryMedian for the job
2008$102,301
2009$103,612$103,992
2010$123,707$106,860
2011$131,540$105,890
2012$121,988$109,415
2013$134,179$112,689
2014$139,309$115,772
2015$159,226$119,073
2016$166,655$120,132
2017$161,580$123,495
2018$171,548$124,932
2019$166,313$140,018
2020$180,543$144,859
2021$175,851$146,705
2022$177,484$153,003
2023$169,774$156,009
2024$165,853$162,267
2025$234,066$160,294

History

YearEmployer and jobSalaryBenefitsChange
2025Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. PoliceSergeant$234,066$900+$68,213
2024Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. PoliceDetective Sergeant$165,853$1,403−$3,921
2023Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. PoliceDetective Sergeant$169,774$1,397−$7,710
2022Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. PoliceDetective Sergeant$177,484$1,407+$1,633
2021Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. PoliceDetective Sergeant$175,851$1,564−$4,692
2020Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. PoliceDetective Sergeant$180,543$1,422+$14,229
2019Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. PoliceDetective Sergeant$166,313$1,506−$5,235
2018Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. PoliceSergeant$171,548$596+$9,968
2017Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. PoliceSergeant$161,580$577−$5,075
2016Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. PoliceSergeant$166,655$583+$7,430
2015Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. PoliceSergeant$159,226$484+$19,917
2014Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. PoliceSergeant$139,309$291+$5,130
2013Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. PoliceSergeant · moved here$134,179$281+$12,191
2012Regional Municipality of Niagara - PoliceSergeant$121,988$379−$9,551
2011Regional Municipality of Niagara - PoliceSergeant$131,540$378+$7,833
2010Regional Municipality of Niagara - PoliceSergeant$123,707$400+$20,095
2009Regional Municipality of Niagara - PoliceDetective Constable$103,612$425+$1,311
2008Regional Municipality of Niagara - PoliceConstable, Street Crime$102,301$446

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Questions and answers

Why is Michael Spera on the disclosure list?

Regional Municipality Of Niagara – Niagara Reg. Police paid Michael Spera $234,066 in 2025. 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 at different employers were matched because the name appears once on each year’s list with the same job or sector. 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