2021 Sunshine List: Hamilton Health Sciences 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 Hamilton Health Sciences, 1,392 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $169,819,427.29 in 2020.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for Hamilton Health Sciences was President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Macisaac who brought home $631,485.40 in 2020.
Following Robert Macisaac was Physician Stuart Connolly, who had annual earnings of $414,999.84. Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Executive Michael Stacey made $411,376.80, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Financial Officer David Mccaig made $409,985.57 and Vice President, Oncology and Palliative Care and Regional Vice President, Cancer Care Ontario Ralph Meyer round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $404,425.20 for the Hamilton Health Sciences 2021 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 1,392 Hamilton Health Sciences's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 780 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 482 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 63 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 17 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 4 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , 43 received over $300,000 at Hamilton Health Sciences.
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2021 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2021 Employees List. If you wish to analyse the list by employer go to Sunshine List 2021 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.