Introduction
Annetts and Associates was engaged by the City of Windsor to complete a salary survey and compensation review for the Transit Windsor non-union employee group. This report provides the following: project implementation, general findings, summary of findings, and recommendations.
Project Implementation
Data Collection
1. Identification of Market Comparator Group
The 10 organizations chosen for this survey changed since 2015-2016.
Thunder Bay, Oakville and Mississauga were removed. Mississauga was replaced by Guelph as a better comparator as Mississauga’s transit has significantly different ridership characteristics. Thunder Bay and Oakville were removed since neither provided good data in 2015/2016.
Guelph, Kingston were added as communities with similar ridership characteristics. Universities playing a major role in ridership for both communities.
Table 1: Survey Participants
| Rank | Organization | Population | FTE | Total Expenditure (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of St. Catherines | 133.1 | 866 | 217.2 |
| 2 | City of Burlington | 176.8 | 940 | 261.8 |
| 3 | City of Guelph | 131.7 | 1323 | 428.9 |
| 4 | City of Kingston | 123.9 | 1323 | 428.9 |
| 5 | Greater Sudbury | 161.5 | 2012 | 582.6 |
| 6 | City of Brampton | 642.8 | 3543 | 780.4 |
| 7 | City of Windsor | 224.1 | 2734 | 804.1 |
| 8 | Region of Waterloo | 601.2 | 3840 | 1078.6 |
| 9 | City of London* | 393.1 | 3200 | 1150.4 |
| 10 | Region of Durham | 691.5 | 4819 | 1252.8 |
| 11 | City of Hamilton | 572.5 | 6595 | 1763.9 |
| Windsor's Percentile Ranking | 50% | 50% | 60% |
* Did not participate
Data by FIR