Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2020
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 Metrolinx, including:
Top Salaries at Metrolinx in the 2020 Sunshine List
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries.
According to the document, Metrolinx's
1,015 staffers
made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $126,536,604.26 in 2019.
At the top of the Metrolinx Sunshine List
Topping the list for the Metrolinx was
President and Chief Executive Officer/Président et chef de la direction Phil Verster, who brought home $507,968.11 in 2019.
Following Phil Verster was Chief Program Officer, Special Projects /Chef de la coordination des programmes, Projets spéciaux Peter Zuk, with annual earnings of $393,171.49.Chief Operating Officer/Chef de l’exploitation Gregory.W Percy made $336,452.95,Chief Capital Officer/Chef responsable des immobilisations Matthew Clark made $324,483.34, and Chief Financial Officer/Chef des finances Jennifer.L Gray round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $301,893.56 for the Metrolinx 2020 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2019,
380 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000
followed by 496 who received between $110,001 and $150,000
, 115 received between $150,001 and $200,000
, 16 received between $200,001 and $250,000
, 3 received between $250,001 and $300,000
, and 5 received over $300,000
at the Metrolinx.
