2017 Sunshine List: Ontario Securities Commission top earners
Every year Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants, which includes nurses, teachers, police officers, and firefighters, with six-figure salaries. In Ontario Securities Commission, 317 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $52,926,593.32 in 2016.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for Ontario Securities Commission was Chair and Chief Executive Officer / Présidente et chef de la direction Maureen Jensen who brought home $642,784.00 in 2016.
Following Maureen Jensen was Vice Chaire Monica Kowal, who had annual earnings of $542,940.67. Vice Chair David G. Vingoe made $446,047.29, Executive Director and Chief Administrative Officer / Directrice générale et chef des services administratifs Leslie Byberg made $358,908.60 and General Counsel James Sinclair round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $295,238.27 for the Ontario Securities Commission 2017 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 317 Ontario Securities Commission's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 29 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 124 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 99 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 39 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 22 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , 4 received over $300,000 at Ontario Securities Commission.
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2017 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2017 Employees List. If you wish to analyse the list by employer go to Sunshine List 2017 Employers List.
The Sunshine List
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 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.
In Ontario the Sunshine List was first published in 1996, by the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris. Just 4,576 names appeared on the first list.