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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 Attorney General, including:

2008 Ontario Sunshine List: Attorney General Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Attorney General's 1,307 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $196,093,314.18 in 2007.

At the top of the Attorney General Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Attorney General was Deputy Attorney General MURRAY SEGAL, who brought home $252,826.43 in 2007.

Following MURRAY SEGAL was Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Court Services Division ANN MERRITT, with annual earnings of $211,929.11. Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Law PAUL LINDSAY made $208,723.43, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Policy/FJS Divisions MARK LEACH made $208,723.43, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Legal Services LORI STERLING round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $208,723.43 for the Attorney General 2008 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2007, 135 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 543 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 618 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 10 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Attorney General.

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.