Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2015
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 Government and Consumer Services, including:
Top Salaries at Government and Consumer Services in the 2015 Sunshine List
2015 Ontario Sunshine List: Government and Consumer Services Top Earners
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries.
According to the document, Government and Consumer Services's
419 staffers
made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $49,483,814.66 in 2014.
At the top of the Government and Consumer Services Sunshine List
Topping the list for the Government and Consumer Services was
Deputy Minister, Open Government / sous-ministre, gouvernement ouvert Ronald Mckerlie, who brought home $303,254.01 in 2014.
Following Ronald Mckerlie was Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre Kevin Costante, with annual earnings of $290,246.27.Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre Wendy Tilford made $246,065.91,Corporate Chief Privacy Officer and Archivist of Ontario / Directeur général de la protection de la vie privée et archiviste de l'Ontario James Hamilton made $223,501.83, and Associate Deputy Minister, Ontario Shared Services / Sous-ministre associée, Services communs de l'Ontario Angela Coke round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $217,606.63 for the Government and Consumer Services 2015 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2014,
201 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000
followed by 192 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
, and 1 received over $300,000
at the Government and Consumer Services.