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 2024, received an annual salary of $125,364.66 and a taxable benefit of $151.50, as indicated by the Government of Ontario's Sunshine list.
$125,516.16
Total paid in 2024
$125,364.66
Salary
$151.50
Taxable Benefit
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Find Gunawardana on LinkedIn| Job Title : | Economist |
| Employer : | Solicitor General |
| Sector : | Government of Ontario - Ministries |
| Year : | 2024 |
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Between 2019 and 2024, Gunawardana experienced an average annual increase of approximately 4.57% in annual salary, including taxable benefits at Solicitor General. By 2024, Gunawardana's total pay had risen by 24.64% 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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| 2024 | Economist | $125,365 | $152 | ⇧ 11.33% |
| 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 2024 Sunshine List has employee who held exactly same position title ( Economist ) in the Solicitor General.
| Full Name | Salary | Taxable Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Gunawardana Balasuriya | $125,365 | $152 |
The 2024 Sunshine List has 75 employees who held comparable positions in Ontario.
10 out of 75 employees
| Full Name | Job Title | Employer | Total Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Redman | Chief Economist | Ontario Securities Commission | $330,588 |
| Paul Lewis | Chief Economist | Financial Accountability Officer | $257,343 |
| Daniel Brown | Assistant Deputy Minister / Chief Economist, Office of Economic Policy | Finance | $242,440 |
| Claire De Oliveira | Senior Health Economist | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | $191,171 |
| Andrew Lee-poy | Senior Economist | Ontario Securities Commission | $155,187 |
| Chris Elliott | Chief Economist And Vice President, Research | Restaurants Canada | $158,403 |
| Judith Mcwhinney | Regional Economist | Regional Municipality of Peel | $146,267 |
| Senthuran Eswaralingam | Senior Economist | Ontario Securities Commission | $139,905 |
| Andrea Pastori | Senior Economist | Treasury Board Secretariat | $136,613 |
| Raziydeen Virani | Lead Quantitative Economist | Finance | $135,018 |