Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2023
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 Metrolinx, including:
Top Salaries at Metrolinx in the 2023 Sunshine List
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries.
According to the document, Metrolinx's
2,082 staffers
made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $276,188,682.38 in 2022.
At the top of the Metrolinx Sunshine List
Topping the list for the Metrolinx was
President and Chief Executive Officer / Président et chef de la direction Phil Verster, who brought home $856,551.90 in 2022.
Following Phil Verster was Chief Financial Officer / Chef des finances Jennifer L Gray, with annual earnings of $433,688.68.Chief Operating Officer, Rapid Transit Systems / Chef de l’exploitation, Systèmes de transport en commun rapide Andrew Hope made $380,107.88,Chief Capital Officer / Chef responsable des immobilisations Stephanie M Davies made $378,783.62, and Chief Payments Officer / Chef des paiements Barclay Hancock round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $351,414.17 for the Metrolinx 2023 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2022,
585 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000
followed by 1,066 who received between $110,001 and $150,000
, 343 received between $150,001 and $200,000
, 40 received between $200,001 and $250,000
, 37 received between $250,001 and $300,000
, and 11 received over $300,000
at the Metrolinx.
