Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2018
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 Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs / Agriculture, Alimentation et Affaires rurales, including:
Top Salaries at Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs / Agriculture, Alimentation et Affaires rurales in the 2018 Sunshine List
2018 Ontario Sunshine List: Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs / Agriculture, Alimentation et Affaires rurales Top Earners
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries.
According to the document, Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs / Agriculture, Alimentation et Affaires rurales's
244 staffers
made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $27,858,006.37 in 2017.
At the top of the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs / Agriculture, Alimentation et Affaires rurales Sunshine List
Topping the list for the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs / Agriculture, Alimentation et Affaires rurales was
Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre Deborah Stark, who brought home $254,099.08 in 2017.
Following Deborah Stark was Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre Gregory Meredith, with annual earnings of $229,565.49.Assistant Deputy Minister, Food Safety and Environment / Sous-ministre adjointe, environnement et salubrité des aliments Debra Sikora made $205,805.33,Assistant Deputy Minister, Research and Corporate Services / Sous-ministre adjointe, recherche et services ministériels Christine Primeau made $195,081.21, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy / Sous-ministre adjoint, politiques Philip Malcolmson round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $180,631.61 for the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs / Agriculture, Alimentation et Affaires rurales 2018 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2017,
146 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000
followed by 84 who received between $110,001 and $150,000
, 11 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 Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs / Agriculture, Alimentation et Affaires rurales.