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 4700 employees with similar job titles who received an average salary of $138,267.23

$138,267.23

Average Salary in 2023

$127,082.27

Median Salary in 2023

Male
80.96% 
Male
Female
19.04%
Female
4700 employees (Engineer)
1 4700
Low: $100K Median: $127K High: $685K

Below is the quartile breakdown of the salary range.

4,593 employees received a salary between $100,195 - $246,367
105 employees received a salary between $246,367 - $392,539
1 employees received a salary between $392,539 - $538,711
1 employees received a salary between $538,711 - $684,883

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

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

The 2023 Ontario Sunshine List shows that the average and median salaries for a Engineer are $138,267.23 and $127,082.27, respectively.

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

In 2023, Mark Knutson, holding the position of Chief Enterprise Engineering And Chief Nuclear Engineer at the Ontario Power Generation received the highest salary of $684,883.72 among similar positions in Ontario public organizations. Lawrence Fogwill, serving as the Engineer at Chippewas Of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation , earned the highest salary of $159,439.20 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 Engineer?

In the year 2023, the highest-paying organizations for Engineer and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Vector Institute with an average pay of $291,761.08; International Union of Operating Engineers with an average pay of $280,779.13; Lakehead University with an average pay of $219,160.77; City of Pickering with an average pay of $208,236.79; and University of Toronto with an average pay of $199,417.51.

A total of 240 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 Engineer?

In the year 2023, the highest-paying sector or industries for Engineer and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Universities with an average pay of $175,097.74; Ontario Power Generation with an average pay of $153,568.11; and Crown Agencies with an average pay of $133,118.73.

There were 9 sectors where employees held similar positions, as indicated in the Ontario Sunshine list.

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

The 2023 Ontario Sunshine List indicates that the representation of gender diversity in Engineer is 80.96% male and 19.04% female, respectively.

The 2023 Sunshine List has 4700 employees who held comparable positions in Ontario.

10 out of 4700 employees

Full Name Job Title Employer Total Paid
Mark Knutson Chief Enterprise Engineering And Chief Nuclear Engineer Ontario Power Generation $684,884
Cristina Amon Professor of Mechanical And Industrial Engineering University of Toronto $416,573
Gregg Mccabe Vice President Design And Project Engineering Ontario Power Generation $389,088
Kenneth Coley Dean (Faculty of Engineering) / Professor University of Western Ontario $364,296
Michael Sefton Professor of Chemical Engineering And Applied Chemistry University of Toronto $361,381
Christopher Yip Professor of Chemical Engineering And Institute of Biomedical Engineering, And Dean, Faculty of Applied Science And Engineering University of Toronto $356,792
Molly Shoichet Professor of Chemical Engineering And Applied Chemistry University of Toronto $339,797
George Eleftheriades Professor of Electrical And Computer Engineering University of Toronto $337,381
Farid Najm Professor of Electrical And Computer Engineering University of Toronto $337,341
Ali Sheikholeslami Professor of Electrical And Computer Engineering University of Toronto $332,938

Yearly Average Paid

Year Total Employee Count Average Paid
20234,700$138,267
20224,009$135,293
20213,729$133,203
20203,588$132,190
20193,302$130,472
20183,080$129,046
20172,768$128,865
20162,529$128,404
20152,458$126,579
20143,233$125,484
20133,191$126,005
20122,944$124,079
20112,795$123,678
20102,402$123,851
20092,344$124,070
20081,962$122,844
2005802$118,726
2002546$119,039