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Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2005

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 Auditor General, including:

2005 Ontario Sunshine List: Auditor General Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Auditor General's 9 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $1,081,096.32 in 2004.

At the top of the Auditor General Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Auditor General was Auditor General JIM MCCARTER, who brought home $172,423.87 in 2004.

Following JIM MCCARTER was Acting Deputy Auditor General GARY PEALL, with annual earnings of $128,673.68. Director ANDREW CHEUNG made $113,431.72, Director NICK MISHCHENKO made $113,431.72, and Director PAUL AMODEO round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $113,220.66 for the Auditor General 2005 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2004, 1 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 7 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 1 received between $150,001 and $200,000 at the Auditor General.

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2005 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2005 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2005 Employers List.