2021 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, 2,234 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $392,762,747.03 in 2020.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for Attorney General was Deputy Attorney General / Sous-procureur général David Corbett who brought home $283,579.17 in 2020.
Following David Corbett was Senior Counsel / Avocat principal William Bromm, who had annual earnings of $271,694.37. Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Civil Law Division / Sous-procureur général adjoint, Division du droit civil Michel Helie made $270,724.56, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Law Division / Sous-procureure général adjoint, Division du droit criminel Susan Kyle made $267,472.92 and Director, Legal Services / Directrice, services juridiques Maud Murray round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $255,933.20 for the Attorney General 2021 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 2,234 Attorney General's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 329 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 562 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 317 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1,009 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 17 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at Attorney General.
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 analyse the list by employer go to Sunshine List 2021 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.