Transportation

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2021

Salary Name Position
$114,750.74
earned in 2020
Ali Farhan Transportation Modelling Spec.
Transportation
$131,324.20
earned in 2020
Allan Bartman Acting Dir, Highway Operations
Transportation
$127,756.20
earned in 2020
Andrew Hudson Construction Manager
Transportation
$52,638.31
earned in 2020
Beverley Stevens Senior Planning Advisor
Transportation
$126,549.43
earned in 2020
Bill Heaslip Operations Manager
Transportation
$116,914.98
earned in 2020
Carl Wirzba Team Lead - South
Transportation
$115,377.56
earned in 2020
Carole Aippersbach Legal Counsel
Transportation
$119,339.74
earned in 2020
Clayton Matwychuk Bridge Materials Specialist
Transportation
$129,772.13
earned in 2020
Corinna Mulyk ED, Planning & Progr. Mgmt.
Transportation
$116,914.98
earned in 2020
Craig Siewert Operations Manager
Transportation
$177,185.58
earned in 2020
Crystal R. Damer ADM, Safety & Policy
Transportation
$143,983.32
earned in 2020
Dale Fung Executive Director / SFO
Transportation
$133,317.86
earned in 2020
Danny D. W. Jung Infrastructure Manager
Transportation
$133,317.86
earned in 2020
Darcy Kolodnicki Dir., Strategic Bus. Services
Transportation
$115,940.76
earned in 2020
Darren Carter Dir, Environmental Regulation
Transportation
$143,983.32
earned in 2020
Darren G. R. Davidson Reg. Dir, Southern Region
Transportation
$114,749.96
earned in 2020
David Besuyen Bridge Construction Specialist
Transportation
$143,983.32
earned in 2020
Desmond Williamson Executive Director, Tech Stnds
Transportation
$133,317.86
earned in 2020
Donald J. Saunders Bridge Manager
Transportation
$0.00
earned in 2020
Elizabeth Owens Director, Policy & Research
Transportation
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Published March 2021

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2021

Alberta first started publishing the Sunshine List in 2014 following the 2012 election of Alison Redford.

The salary and severance disclosure, makes Alberta's public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Alberta to make public the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid 136,805 or more in the previous calendar year.

At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Alberta and earn over $136,805 per year, including total taxable benefits.

This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Transportation, including:

2021 Alberta Sunshine List: Transportation Top Earners

Every year, the Alberta government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Transportation's 81 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $9,977,329.75 in 2020.

At the top of the Transportation Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Transportation was Deputy Minister, Trans Rae Ann Lajeunesse, who brought home $277,758.42 in 2020.

Following Rae Ann Lajeunesse was Chair, AB Trans. Safety Board Lynn Elaine Varty, with annual earnings of $200,404.88. ADM, Planning, Fin & Tech Stds Tharmalingam Ranjit made $187,570.50, ADM, Constr & Maintenance Tom Loo made $183,747.98, and ADM, Safety & Policy Crystal R. Damer round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $177,185.58 for the Transportation 2021 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2020, 64 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 8 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 1 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 7 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Transportation.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 64 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 8 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1 employee made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1 employee made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 7 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2021 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2021 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2021 Employers List.

What is disclosed and thresholds

  • Compensation includes base salary, overtime, bonuses, honoraria paid to board members and taxable benefits. This category essentially reflects the income amount on the person’s T4.
  • Severance reflects amounts paid or payable related to termination of employment, including retiring allowance.
  • Non-monetary (other) benefits are generally non-taxable benefits including the employer’s portion of pension contributions, employment insurance, Canada Pension Plan and Workers' Compensation Board premiums.
  • Employment and/or severance contracts for:
    • Designated executives under the Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions Compensation Regulation
    • Designated executives under the Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions (Post-Secondary Institutions) Compensation Regulation
    • The Chief Executive Officer of Alberta Health Services
    • The Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Electric System Operator

Employee thresholds

Public sector bodies are required to post online the names and amount of compensation and severance paid to employees who earn more than the threshold amount for that disclosure period.

For December disclosures, if no severance was paid, disclosure is not required.

1 The annual threshold is applied to severance disclosures in December of the current year and to compensation disclosed in June of the following year. For example, the threshold for severances disclosed by December 31, 2021 is $136,805. This is also the threshold for compensation disclosed by June 30, 2022.
Calendar year 1 Annual threshold
2021 $136,805
2020 $135,317
2019 $132,924
2018 $129,809
2017 $127,765
2016 $126,375
2015 $125,000