The Ontario Sunshine List - Public Sector Salary Disclosure

The names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of public sector employees paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year.

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In Ontario's 2023 Sunshine List, there were 1995 employees with similar job titles who received an average salary of $161,591.99

$161,591.99

Average Salary in 2023

$157,332.21

Median Salary in 2023

Male
55.48% 
Male
Female
44.52%
Female
1995 employees (Faculty)
1 1995
Low: $100K Median: $157K High: $472K

Below is the quartile breakdown of the salary range.

1,631 employees received a salary between $100,020 - $192,948
326 employees received a salary between $192,948 - $285,876
32 employees received a salary between $285,876 - $378,804
6 employees received a salary between $378,804 - $471,732

Majority of the employees were paid within the salary range encompassing the first quartile breakdown.

What were the average and median salaries for a Faculty listed in the 2023 Ontario Government Sunshine List?

The 2023 Ontario Sunshine List shows that the average and median salaries for a Faculty are $161,591.99 and $157,332.21, respectively.

What is the highest salary for a Faculty in a public organization in Ontario?

In 2023, Lionel Trevor Young, holding the position of Professor, Psychiatry And Dean, Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto received the highest salary of $471,732.82 among similar positions in Ontario public organizations. Paul Smith, serving as the Faculty at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics , earned the highest salary of $406,948.97 among individuals in the same position across public organizations in Ontario during that year.

What are the top 5 public organizations in Ontario that offer the highest salaries for Faculty?

In the year 2023, the highest-paying organizations for Faculty and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics with an average pay of $252,546.17; University of St. Michael’s College with an average pay of $218,258.34; Brock University with an average pay of $209,165.25; University of Windsor with an average pay of $204,643.78; and Unity Health Toronto with an average pay of $196,739.05.

A total of 42 organizations had employees who held comparable positions as mentioned in the Ontario Sunshine list.

What are the top 3 public sectors in Ontario that offer the highest salaries for Faculty?

In the year 2023, the highest-paying sector or industries for Faculty and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Other Public Sector Employers with an average pay of $224,601.43; Hospitals and Boards of Public Health with an average pay of $164,232.50; and Universities with an average pay of $161,106.26.

There were 4 sectors where employees held similar positions, as indicated in the Ontario Sunshine list.

What is the representation of gender diversity for Faculty in Ontario?

The 2023 Ontario Sunshine List indicates that the representation of gender diversity in Faculty is 55.48% male and 44.52% female, respectively.

Yearly Average Paid

Year Total Employee Count Average Paid
20231,995$161,592
20221,764$156,599
20211,673$154,526
20201,620$155,080
20191,599$151,969
20181,507$150,460
20171,430$145,182
20161,399$142,230
20151,342$142,160
20141,475$135,457
20131,402$133,060
20121,298$130,565
20111,282$129,874
20101,051$127,963
20091,134$128,257
2008947$126,756
2007848$125,373
2006570$124,091
2005467$120,302
2004298$116,931
2003226$116,062
2002170$114,271
2001146$113,234