2021 Sunshine List: Sinai Health System 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 Sinai Health System, 937 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $121,231,806.43 in 2020.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for Sinai Health System was President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Newton who brought home $705,927.75 in 2020.
Following Gary Newton was Neonatologist-in-Chief Prakeshkumar Shah, who had annual earnings of $464,380.75. Executive Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Operating Officer Jane Merkley made $450,867.73, Principal Investigator, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Stephen Lye made $450,809.55 and Staff Neonatologist Shoo Lee round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $445,316.31 for the Sinai Health System 2021 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 937 Sinai Health System's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 498 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 302 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 64 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 27 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 12 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , 34 received over $300,000 at Sinai Health System.
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.