Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2016
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 makes Ontario’s public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make public, by March 31 each year, the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.
At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Ontario and earn over $100,000 per year, including total taxable benefits.
This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Finance, including:
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries.
According to the document, Finance's
238 staffers
made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $27,731,582.19 in 2015.
At the top of the Finance Sunshine List
Topping the list for the Finance was
Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre D. Scott Thompson, who brought home $271,697.48 in 2015.
Following D. Scott Thompson was Associate Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre associé Mahmood Nanji, with annual earnings of $219,274.80.Director, Objections, Appeals and Services / Directeur, Oppositions, appels et services Thomas Abi-Rashed made $210,640.84,Assistant Deputy Minister/Chief Administrative Officer / Sous-ministre adjoint/directeur général de l'administration Helmut Zisser made $208,161.34, and Associate Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre associé J.Dave Lynch round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $203,423.73 for the Finance 2016 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2015,
152 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000
followed by 61 who received between $110,001 and $150,000
, 19 received between $150,001 and $200,000
, 5 received between $200,001 and $250,000
, 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000
at the Finance.
