Search the names, positions, salaries, and total taxable benefits of public sector employees in Alberta paid $136,805 or more in a calendar year.
This data provides critical insight into the compensation of government officials, educators, healthcare workers, and public safety officers, ensuring that citizens can see how tax dollars are utilized.
The highest-paid public sector employees in the Sunshine List 2021.
Common questions about the Alberta Sunshine List and how public sector salary disclosure works.
The Alberta Sunshine List is the annual public disclosure of Alberta public sector employees who were paid $136,805 or more in a calendar year. It covers government ministries, municipalities, health authorities, school boards, colleges and universities, and provincial agencies.
Thambirajah Balachandra, Chief Medical Examiner at Justice and Solicitor General, was the highest-paid employee on the 2021 Alberta Sunshine List with a salary of $397,383.
See Thambirajah Balachandra's salary history →The 2021 Alberta Sunshine List includes more than 1,000 public sector employees — everyone who was paid $136,805 or more by a covered employer in 2021. The list typically grows each year because the threshold is fixed while salaries rise.
In Alberta, the disclosure threshold is $136,805 per calendar year. Because the threshold is not adjusted for inflation, more employees cross it every year.
Disclosures are published annually, covering the previous calendar or fiscal year. The most recent Alberta data on this site covers 2021.
Yes. The disclosure reports salary paid and taxable benefits as separate amounts. Employee profiles on this site show both figures, along with salary history across every year a person appears on the list.
Type any name into the search bar on this page. If that person was paid $136,805 or more by a covered Alberta public sector employer, their employer, position, salary and taxable benefits will appear, including past years.
Search people on the Sunshine List →The name comes from the idea of "letting the sunshine in" on public spending — making taxpayer-funded salaries open and transparent. The nickname stuck and is now used for public sector salary disclosures across Canada.