The county requires an annual report for all public sector employees who made $ 100,000 or more. In the Waterloo area, 9,339 employees from 39 employers were on the list for 2021. That is from 8,463 in 2020. At the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 47 employees were added to the list, including the area’s highest paid public sector director, Robert Myers. His salary was $ 512,004.80. Communitech paid 24 employees enough to shine the light, including $ 377,126.40 for the fifth highest paid person on Waterloo County’s list, former CEO Iain Klugman. Waterloo Regional Police Chief Brian Larkin had a salary of $ 375,080.20 last year, up from $ 330,811.23 in 2020. The area chief, Steven Van Valkenburg, earned $ 184,964.35 and the top fire chief had a salary of $ 192,489.40 in Cambridge. In all, 730 police officers were on the list, up from 672 in 2020. The teachers represented 2,669 staff members, including one on the Waterloo Catholic District School Board, who made the $ 7.49 list. In the eight municipalities, 1,255 employees received compensation of $ 100,000 or more. Waterloo area chief Bruce Lackner had a salary of $ 315,412.40. Hsiu-Li Wang, chief physician, was paid $ 287,237.60. The third highest municipality was Kitchener CEO Dan Chapman, with $ 268,289.10. Fourteen more Cambridge city staff joined the list in 2021. Kitchener had 15 fewer, at 339. Waterloo added six more people, for a total of 190 on the sunshine list. Waterloo County added 65 employees to the list, up to 481. Top 10 winners from the public sector in the Waterloo area $ 512,004.80 – Robert Myers, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics $ 473,446.60 – Feridun Hamdullahpur, University of Waterloo (retired in June) $ 457,601.20 – Ronald Gagnon, Grand River Hospital Corporation $ 409,900 – John Tibbits, Conestoga College $ 377,126.40 – Iain Klugman, Communitech $ 375,080.20 – Bryan Larkin, Waterloo Regional Police Department $ 363,000.10 – Deborah McClatchy, Wilfrid Laurier University $ 343,395.50 – John Heintzman, Grand River Hospital Corporation $ 342,289 – Raymond Laflamme, University of Waterloo $ 340,207.60 – Joanne Shoveller, University of Waterloo