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Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2011

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 Government Services, including:

2011 Ontario Sunshine List: Government Services Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Government Services's 711 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $84,473,938.69 in 2010.

At the top of the Government Services Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Government Services was Deputy Minister RONALD MCKERLIE, who brought home $323,148.36 in 2010.

Following RONALD MCKERLIE was Corporate Chief Info. & Info. Technology Officer DAVID NICHOLL, with annual earnings of $266,911.27. Corporate Chief, Information Technology Services MICHAEL GALLAS made $251,645.26, Deputy Minister/Chief Executive Officer, ServiceOntario WILLIAM STARK made $229,518.58, and Chief Diversity Officer NOELLE RICHARDSON round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $206,645.65 for the Government Services 2011 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2010, 317 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 340 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 47 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 4 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 2 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 1 received over $300,000 at the Government Services.

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2011 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2011 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2011 Employers List.