2016 Sunshine List: St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton 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 St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, 315 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $39,540,054.32 in 2015.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton was Chief Executive Officer, St. Joseph's Health System Kevin Smith who brought home $677,717.11 in 2015.
Following Kevin Smith was President, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton David A. Higgins, who had annual earnings of $515,660.60. Pathologist Samih Salama made $328,477.16, Psychiatrist 3 Richard Padgett made $324,862.08 and Pathologist Asghar Naqvi round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $318,475.44 for the St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton 2016 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 315 St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 163 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 118 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 18 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 4 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , 11 received over $300,000 at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2016 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2016 Employees List. If you wish to analyse the list by employer go to Sunshine List 2016 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.