2022 Sunshine List: Metrolinx 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 Metrolinx, 1,494 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $194,039,896.65 in 2021.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for Metrolinx was President and Chief Executive Officer/Président et chef de la direction Phil Verster who brought home $838,960.91 in 2021.
Following Phil Verster was Chief Capital Officer/Chef responsable des immobilisations Matthew Clark, who had annual earnings of $375,079.02. Chief Human Resources Officer/Chef des ressources humaines Helen Ferreira-Walker made $334,004.70, Chief Financial Officer/Chef des finances Jennifer Gray made $332,401.41 and Chief Operating Officer/Chef de l’exploitation Ian Smith round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $311,961.18 for the Metrolinx 2022 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 1,494 Metrolinx's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 452 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 757 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 229 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 42 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 9 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , 5 received over $300,000 at Metrolinx.
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2022 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2022 Employees List. If you wish to analyse the list by employer go to Sunshine List 2022 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.