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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Patricia Best served as the Special Advisor at Office of the Premier in 2023, received an annual salary of $139,520.94 and a taxable benefit of $181.44, as indicated by the Government of Ontario's Sunshine list.

$139,702.38

Total paid in 2023

$139,520.94

Salary

$181.44

Taxable Benefit

Gender: Female
Female
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Job Title :   Special Advisor
Employer :   Office of the Premier
Sector :   Government of Ontario - Ministries
Year :   2023

Comparing peers in identical roles within the organization

$140K
Low: $140K Avg: $140K High: $140K

Comparison with other individuals in similar positions in Ontario

$140K
Low: $100K Avg: $148K High: $351K
Bottom 90% Below Average Above Average Top 10%

Yearly Total Paid

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Year Job Title Salary Taxable Benefit Raise
2023 Special Advisor $139,521 $181

The 2023 Sunshine List has employee who held exactly same position title ( Special Advisor ) in the Office of the Premier.

Full Name Salary Taxable Benefit
Patricia Best $139,521 $181

The 2023 Sunshine List has 147 employees who held comparable positions in Ontario.

10 out of 147 employees

Full Name Job Title Employer Total Paid
Eric Morse Professor / Special Advisor to the President University of Western Ontario $350,567
Jennifer Simpson Special Advisor to the President Equity Diversity Inclusion And Decolonization Curriculum Transformation Toronto Metropolitan University $310,250
Kelley Packalen Associate Professor, Special Advisor on Academic Integrity Queen’s University $292,657
Mark J. Daley Professor / Special Advisor To The Provost University of Western Ontario $287,156
Sarah Prichard Special Advisor to the President University of Western Ontario $286,027
David Cameron Special Advisor to the President And Provost University of Toronto $284,928
Catharine Munn Special Advisor And Executive Director McMaster University $279,146
Ron Levi Professor of Global Affairs And Sociology, And Associate Director, Academic, Munk School of Global Affairs And Public Policy And Special Advisor, International Graduate Partnerships University of Toronto $309,585
Kent Novakowski Associate Vice-Principal (Research), Special Advisor (Queen’s Centre for Advanced Computing), Professor Queen’s University $268,683
Marilyn Thompson Special Advisor to the Provost on Organizational Strategy University of Waterloo $266,133