Regional Municipality of Niagara

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2014

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 Regional Municipality of Niagara, including:

2014 Ontario Sunshine List: Regional Municipality of Niagara Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Regional Municipality of Niagara's 116 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $13,832,686.81 in 2013.

At the top of the Regional Municipality of Niagara Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Regional Municipality of Niagara was Medical Officer Health Commissioner Public Health VALERIE JAEGER, who brought home $272,952.11 in 2013.

Following VALERIE JAEGER was Associate Medical Officer of Health JESSICA HOPKINS, with annual earnings of $249,307.96. Associate Medical Officer of Health ANDREA FELLER made $245,547.03, Chief Administrative Officer MICHAEL TROJAN made $186,696.63, and Commissioner Integrated Community Planning PATRICK ROBSON round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $177,567.84 for the Regional Municipality of Niagara 2014 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2013, 59 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 45 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 9 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 2 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Regional Municipality of Niagara.

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2014 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2014 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2014 Employers List.