Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2017
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 Natural Resources and Forestry, including:
Top Salaries at Natural Resources and Forestry in the 2017 Sunshine List
2017 Ontario Sunshine List: Natural Resources and Forestry Top Earners
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries.
According to the document, Natural Resources and Forestry's
344 staffers
made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $38,619,425.61 in 2016.
At the top of the Natural Resources and Forestry Sunshine List
Topping the list for the Natural Resources and Forestry was
Deputy Minister William Thornton, who brought home $243,479.08 in 2016.
Following William Thornton was Chief Information Officer John Di Marco, with annual earnings of $221,181.48.Mining and Lands Commissioner / Commissaire aux mines et aux terres Linda Kamerman made $194,424.95,Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Division / Sous-ministre adjointe, division des politiques Rosalyn Lawrence made $194,424.95, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Provincial Services Division / Sous-ministre adjointe, division des services provinciaux Tracey Mill round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $179,831.85 for the Natural Resources and Forestry 2017 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2016,
215 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000
followed by 119 who received between $110,001 and $150,000
, 8 received between $150,001 and $200,000
, 2 received between $200,001 and $250,000
at the Natural Resources and Forestry.