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Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2024

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Published March 2024

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2024

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 Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade / Développement économique, Création d'emplois et Commerce, including:

  • Top Salaries at Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade / Développement économique, Création d'emplois et Commerce in the 2024 Sunshine List
  • Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre
    $398,136.96
  • Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre
    $275,494.74
  • Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Industries / Sous-ministre adjoint, Secteurs stratégiques
    $240,516.58
  • Chief Administrative Officer/Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate and Policy Services Division / Directrice générale de l’administration/Sous-ministre adjointe, Division des services ministériels et des politiques
    $216,285.08
  • Special Advisor, Agent General / Conseillère spéciale et déléguée générale
    $202,803.38

2024 Ontario Sunshine List: Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade / Développement économique, Création d'emplois et Commerce Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade / Développement économique, Création d'emplois et Commerce's 283 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $34,953,924.95 in 2023.

At the top of the Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade / Développement économique, Création d'emplois et Commerce Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade / Développement économique, Création d'emplois et Commerce was Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre Stephen Rhodes, who brought home $398,136.96 in 2023.

Following Stephen Rhodes was Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre Ali Veshkini, with annual earnings of $275,494.74. Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Industries / Sous-ministre adjoint, Secteurs stratégiques David Barnes made $240,516.58, Chief Administrative Officer/Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate and Policy Services Division / Directrice générale de l’administration/Sous-ministre adjointe, Division des services ministériels et des politiques Jennifer Wismer made $216,285.08, and Special Advisor, Agent General / Conseillère spéciale et déléguée générale Sophia Arvanitis round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $202,803.38 for the Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade / Développement économique, Création d'emplois et Commerce 2024 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2023, 90 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 163 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 25 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 3 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 1 received over $300,000 at the Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade / Développement économique, Création d'emplois et Commerce.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 90 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 163 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 25 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 3 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1 employee made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 1 employee made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2024 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2024 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2024 Employers List.