Compensation disclosure list

The City of Calgary’s compensation disclosure list is a tool to help us be transparent and accountable to Calgarians. It offers a balance between providing them with information on our employee compensation, while respecting the privacy of our employees.

The annual compensation disclosure list includes position titles, salary ranges and general information about pensions and benefits. The City does not have an annual salary threshold for its list.

Download the 2025 compensation disclosure list

The data is also available in several searchable formats in our Open Data Portal.

Questions about the list? Visit our frequently asked questions.​

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) salary and range

Salaries for elected officials (including Mayor and Councillors) and CAO are disclosed as required by the Municipal Government Act in The City’s annual financial report. As the annual report’s publishing date differs from the compensation disclosure list, numbers may vary. 

Our CAO has a salary range of $391,666 to $475,000 in the 2025 Compensation Disclosure List and annually earns $410,000. This salary was effective on Jan. 1, 2024, and has remained the same for 2024-2025.

Employee salaries

The City provides fair and competitive salaries to employees while maintaining our responsibility as a steward of public dollars. To illustrate what employees earn within the position salary ranges disclosed in the compensation disclosure list, the following graph shows the distribution of actual base salaries of City employees.

Employee actual base salaries

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Notes:

  1. Actual base salaries of employees in positions reported in the compensation disclosure list.
  2. Part-time is defined as working less than the standard working hours as outlined in the applicable collective agreement or policy (e.g. employee works 30 hours per week in a 35-hour standard work week position).

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