Brendon Knaus

$169,928.49asCaptain

Employed by City Of Hamilton in 2025, according to Government of Ontario public salary records.

Position

Captain

Employer

City Of Hamilton

Salary Information

Historical salary and taxable benefits from 2015 to 2025.

YearPositionSalaryBenefitsPerformance
2025
Captain
$169,928.49
$626.52
6.46%
2024
Firefighter
$159,613.21
$595.91
15.09%
2023
Firefighter
$138,691.43
$585.99
1.33%
2022
Firefighter
$136,877.30
$522.20
7.55%
2021
Firefighter
$127,266.35
$493.01
10.99%
2020
Firefighter
$114,662.94
$495.80
6.7%
2019
Firefighter
$122,896.93
$555.32
1.13%
2018
Firefighter
$121,526.08
$481.72
20.61%
2015
Firefighter
$100,762.92
$532.10

The Ontario Sunshine List reports that Brendon Knaus was paid $169,928.49 in 2025 as Captain at City Of Hamilton. This represents a 6.46% increase over the previous year's reported salary. Brendon Knaus has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times between 2015 and 2025, with reported earnings peaking at $169,928.49 in 2025. In addition to salary, $626.52 in taxable benefits was disclosed for 2025. City Of Hamilton reports under the Municipalities & Services sector of Ontario's public sector salary disclosure.

Top earning Captains in City Of Hamilton

NameSalary
Claudio Balice$185,568.61
Derek Forde$179,686.31
Kevin Waycik$178,119.15
Sandy Beveridge$174,489.92
Vasilios Falagitis$171,373.80
Brendon Knaus$169,928.49
Anthony Giorno$169,863.06
John Lovnicki$169,105.39
Shawn Elliott$166,682.22
Andrew Lumsden$165,942.46

Top earning Captains in Ontario

NameSalary
City Of Greater Sudbury
$271,198.54
City Of Vaughan
$259,394.23
City Of Greater Sudbury
$237,079.33
City Of Greater Sudbury
$226,768.50
Town Of Ajax
$222,728.56
City Of Greater Sudbury
$222,410.17
City Of Greater Sudbury
$217,872.07
City Of Greater Sudbury
$215,166.70
City Of Greater Sudbury
$213,913.31
City Of Vaughan
$213,362.27

Other employees at City Of Hamilton

NameSalary
Connor Gibbons
Sergeant 2nd Class
$170,608.37
Duncan Robertson
Supervisor Budgets and Financial Planning
$170,297.67
Christopher Wiemelink
Chief Training Officer
$170,283.39
Chelsey Draker
Sergeant 2nd Class
$170,189.39
Lisa Dupelle
Director Human Resources and Information Services
$169,983.23
Anthony Giorno
Captain
$169,863.06
Andrew Grant
Sergeant 1st Class
$169,801.59
Sami Haddad
Sergeant 1st Class
$169,767.44
Erik Bourdeau
Firefighter
$169,720.40
Fabrizio Giuliani
Sergeant 1st Class
$169,653.66