Ontario Sunshine List 2004
SunshineListStats.com is a database of Ontario public sector employees who earned more than 100,000 in 2003 and entered the Ontario Sunshine List.
- Employees: 20,368
- Employers: 723
- Sum of all salaries: $2,614,002,735.43
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Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2004
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 Ontario, including:
Top Salaries in the 2004 Sunshine List
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Chief Operating Officer Ontario Power Generation$1,721,948.14
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Senior VP Trading & Portfolio Mgmt Ontario Power Generation$1,229,686.61
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President & CEO Hydro One$999,041.98
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Vice President, Special Projects Ontario Power Generation$990,841.89
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Vice Chair & CEO, OFA Ontario Financing Authority$937,629.20
2004 Ontario Sunshine List: Top Earners
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Ontario's 20,368 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $2,614,002,735.43 in 2003.
At the top of the Ontario Sunshine List
Topping the list for Ontario was Chief Operating Officer GRAHAM A. BROWN, who brought home $1,721,948.14 in 2003.
Following GRAHAM A. BROWN was Senior VP Trading & Portfolio Mgmt SNICK MEYERS, with annual earnings of $1,229,686.61. President & CEO TOM PARKINSON made $999,041.98, Vice President, Special Projects W. DOWELL HUDSON made $990,841.89, and Vice Chair & CEO, OFA MICHAEL GOURLEY round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $937,629.20 for the Ontario 2004 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2003, 7,345 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 9,727 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 2,408 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 588 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 145 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 155 received over $300,000 at Ontario.
Salary breakdown
- 7,345 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
- 9,727 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
- 2,408 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
- 588 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
- 145 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
- 155 employees made more than $300,000
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2004 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2004 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2004 Employers List.
Sunshine List Resources
Here are the Frequently Asked Questions about the Ontario Sunshine List.
The Ontario Sunshine List is the Ministry of Finance's listing of salary, benefits, and severance information. The Ontario Sunshine List is the province's annual list of public sector employees and publicly-funded agency employees paid more than $100,000 annually. For a complete list of names, go to SunhineListStats.com
In 1996 the Ontario Sunshine List began as a way to ensure accountability to taxpayers through Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. The annual list of public sector employees who earn over $100,000 per year or greater.
SunhineListStats.com aims to spotlight government spending and public funding to create awareness of where your money is being spent as a taxpayer. It lets taxpayers compare the performance of an organization with the compensation given to the people running it.
No, the Ontario Sunshine List does not include non-taxable benefits such as pension costs. The Sunshine List includes salaries and taxable benefits.
The Ontario Sunshine List is calculated by using a list of taxable salary, benefits, and severance information.
Yes, the Sunshine List does include bonuses, salaries, overtime, severances, and benefits.
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, 244,390 staffers made the list, earning a total salary of $30,240,295,606.44 (more than thirty billion) in 2021.
The Ontario Sunshine List aims to shed light on government expenditures. The Sunshine List also helps the Ministry of Finance identify public sector employees who earn over $100,000 in salary and above.
Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act aims to provide transparency to taxpayers and accountability to the Ontario government regarding hiring practices. Public sector employees earn over $100,000 annually, so taxpayers are naturally interested in how and where their money is being spent. The Ontario Sunshine List is a resource to give taxpayers insight into the use of public funds.
Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act aims to provide transparency to taxpayers and accountability to the Ontario government regarding hiring practices. Public sector employees earn over $100,000 annually, so taxpayers are naturally interested in how and where their money is being spent. The Ontario Sunshine List is a resource to give taxpayers insight into the use of public funds.
The $100,000 annual income is calculated before taxes. If these public sector employees are paid $100,000 or more, then the total of these taxable benefits has to be disclosed.