2020 Sunshine List: Attorney General top earners
Every year Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants, which includes nurses, teachers, police officers, and firefighters, with six-figure salaries. In Attorney General, 2,196 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $388,742,339.18 in 2019.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for Attorney General was Deputy Attorney General Paul Boniferro who brought home $458,630.96 in 2019.
Following Paul Boniferro was Crown Attorney Natalino Bernardon, who had annual earnings of $338,506.37. Assistant Crown Attorney Linda Elliott made $268,641.98, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Civil Law Division Michel Helie made $262,299.54 and Research Counsel Roman Komar round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $258,045.24 for the Attorney General 2020 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 2,196 Attorney General's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 319 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 512 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 330 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1,028 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 5 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , 2 received over $300,000 at Attorney General.
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2020 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2020 Employees List. If you wish to analyse the list by employer go to Sunshine List 2020 Employers List.
The Sunshine List
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, makes Ontario's public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make public, by March 31 each year, the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.
In Ontario the Sunshine List was first published in 1996, by the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris. Just 4,576 names appeared on the first list.