County of Essex

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2010

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 County of Essex, including:

2010 Ontario Sunshine List: County of Essex Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, County of Essex's 21 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $2,313,131.87 in 2009.

At the top of the County of Essex Sunshine List

Topping the list for the County of Essex was Chief Administrative Officer BRIAN GREGG, who brought home $134,375.96 in 2009.

Following BRIAN GREGG was Deputy Chief, Emergency Medical Services CHRISTOPHER GRANT, with annual earnings of $125,099.60. District Chief, Emergency Medical Services JOHN RUTGERS made $122,995.87, District Chief, Emergency Medical Services DAVID JACOBS made $122,246.68, and Administrator, Sun Parlor Home WILLIAM MACDONALD round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $115,153.06 for the County of Essex 2010 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2009, 11 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 10 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 at the County of Essex.

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2010 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2010 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2010 Employers List.