Small Business & Entrepreneurship

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2008

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 Small Business & Entrepreneurship, including:

2008 Ontario Sunshine List: Small Business & Entrepreneurship Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Small Business & Entrepreneurship's 9 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $1,050,407.41 in 2007.

At the top of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship was Assistant Deputy Minister, Small & Medium Enterprise Division NEIL SMITH, who brought home $168,061.63 in 2007.

Following NEIL SMITH was Director, Business Advisory Services Branch ROBERT MARRS, with annual earnings of $125,281.74. Director, Small & Medium Enterprise Policy & Outreach Branch ROBERT SWAFFIELD made $119,929.59, Director, Entrepreneurship Branch ANN HOY made $117,463.86, and Manager, Partnership & Business Development JUDITH KLEIN round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $107,642.47 for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship 2008 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2007, 5 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 3 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 1 received between $150,001 and $200,000 at the Small Business & Entrepreneurship.

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2008 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2008 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2008 Employers List.