2017 Sunshine List: University Health Network 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 University Health Network, 898 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $122,791,780.96 in 2016.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for University Health Network was President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Pisters who brought home $753,992.40 in 2016.
Following Peter Pisters was Surgeon-In-Chief Shaf Keshavjee, who had annual earnings of $512,193.40. Director, Radiation Medicine Maria Gospodarowicz made $456,164.80, Executive Vice President Christopher J. Paige made $449,903.74 and Executive Vice President Charles Chan round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $442,690.58 for the University Health Network 2017 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 898 University Health Network's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 413 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 328 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 64 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 16 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 25 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , 52 received over $300,000 at University Health Network.
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.