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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 13 years

Christopher Button

Sergeant 1st Class · City Of Hamilton
Sergeant 1st ClassOntarioFirst listed 2010
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$163,837.44
▲ 57.7% since 2010

Christopher Button was paid $163,837.44 in total compensation as Sergeant 1st Class at City Of Hamilton in 2025, 64% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Christopher Button has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 13 times since 2010, earning $1.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $129,019.00 a year, up 58% over that span.

That is 23% above the average disclosed pay of $133,049.99 across 3,382 listed City Of Hamilton employees.

$163,837.44
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.7M
Total compensation
across 13 years
$129,019.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+57.7%
Career growth
since 2010
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FIG. 01

13 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$90K$110K$131K$151K$171K2010201220152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Christopher Button's total compensation has moved across 13 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $163,837.44
Lifetime total compensation$1.7M
Annual average$129,019.00
Total growth since 2010+57.7%
Biggest raise+18.1% (2025)
Biggest drop-4.0% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

13 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Sergeant 1st Class$163,837.44▲ 18.1%
2024
Sergeant 1st Class$138,750.22▼ 4.0%
2023
$144,573.39▼ 1.2%
2022
Sergeant 1st Class$146,390.39▲ 0.6%
2021
Sergeant 1st Class$145,578.40▲ 2.6%
2020
Sergeant 1st Class$141,949.61▲ 9.1%
2019
Sergeant 1st Class$130,158.01▲ 9.4%
2018
Sergeant 1st Class$118,956.24▼ 2.1%
2017
Sergeant 1st Class$121,568.68▲ 10.6%
2016
Sergeant 1st Class↑ role changed$109,908.84▼ 0.4%
2015
Sergeant 2nd Class↑ role changed$110,362.70▲ 8.9%
2012
Detective Constable$101,333.26▼ 2.4%
2010First
Detective Constable$103,878.11
13 years total$1.7M total$129,019.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Sergeant 1st Class
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2010
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
13

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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