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.
Gunawardana Balasuriya
Gunawardana Balasuriya served as the Economist at Solicitor General in 2023, received an annual salary of $112,593.44 and a taxable benefit of $145.29, as indicated by the Government of Ontario's Sunshine list.
$112,738.73
Total paid in 2023
$112,593.44
Salary
$145.29
Taxable Benefit
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Find Gunawardana on LinkedIn| Job Title : | Economist |
| Employer : | Solicitor General |
| Sector : | Government of Ontario - Ministries |
| Year : | 2023 |
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Between 2019 and 2023, Gunawardana experienced an average annual increase of approximately 2.88% in annual salary, including taxable benefits at Solicitor General. By 2023, Gunawardana's total pay had risen by 11.95% compared to the pay in 2019. Additional information can be found in the chart and table presented below.
Yearly Total Paid
| Year | Job Title | Salary | Taxable Benefit | Raise |
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| 2023 | Economist | $112,593 | $145 | ⇧ 2.39% |
| 2022 | Economist | $109,961 | $143 | ⇧ 1.10% |
| 2021 | Economist | $108,762 | $142 | ⇧ 2.00% |
| 2020 | Economist | $106,627 | $139 | ⇧ 6.02% |
| 2019 | Economist | $100,567 | $134 |
The 2023 Sunshine List has employee who held exactly same position title ( Economist ) in the Solicitor General.
| Full Name | Salary | Taxable Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Gunawardana Balasuriya | $112,593 | $145 |
The 2023 Sunshine List has 63 employees who held comparable positions in Ontario.
10 out of 63 employees
| Full Name | Job Title | Employer | Total Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Brown | Assistant Deputy Minister / Chief Economist, Office of Economic Policy | Finance | $229,611 |
| Paul Lewis | Chief Economist / Economiste en chef | Financial Accountability Officer | $208,437 |
| Claire De Oliveira | Senior Health Economist | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | $189,567 |
| Brian Lewis | Assistant Deputy Minister / Chief Economist, Office of Economic Policy | Finance | $152,118 |
| Judith Mcwhinney | Regional Economist | Regional Municipality of Peel | $133,934 |
| Andrew Lee-poy | Senior Economist | Ontario Securities Commission | $126,225 |
| Nibene Some | Health Economist | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | $124,831 |
| Guojin Chen | Lead Quantitative Economist | Finance | $123,807 |
| Teshome Amare | Senior Economist | Finance | $122,926 |
| Senthuran Eswaralingam | Senior Economist | Ontario Securities Commission | $124,314 |