Justice and Solicitor General

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2022

Salary Name Position
$137,336.33
earned in 2021
Aaron Rankin Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$168,145.13
earned in 2021
Achilles Grobler Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$144,223.22
earned in 2021
Adam Badari Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$166,171.38
earned in 2021
Adam Drew Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$165,129.23
earned in 2021
Adam Garrett Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$165,129.29
earned in 2021
Adam May OH&S Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$121,371.57
earned in 2021
Adam Zelmer Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$117,836.28
earned in 2021
Aisling Ryan Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$165,247.00
earned in 2021
Alana Elliot Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$156,182.22
earned in 2021
Aleksandra Simic Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$137,336.32
earned in 2021
Alexandra Russell Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$162,408.09
earned in 2021
Alicia Wendel Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$165,247.01
earned in 2021
Alison Magill Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$117,836.27
earned in 2021
Alyx Nanji Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$117,836.30
earned in 2021
Amber Pickrell Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$190,848.55
earned in 2021
Anders Quist Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$175,399.99
earned in 2021
Andre Arseneau Chief Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$145,622.89
earned in 2021
Andrea Fugeman-Millar Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$153,006.56
earned in 2021
Andrea Robbenhaar Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
$118,949.77
earned in 2021
Anna Gillespie Crown Prosecutor
Justice and Solicitor General
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Published March 2022

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2022

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 Justice and Solicitor General, including:

2022 Alberta Sunshine List: Justice and Solicitor General Top Earners

Every year, the Alberta government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Justice and Solicitor General's 640 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $98,537,329.24 in 2021.

At the top of the Justice and Solicitor General Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Justice and Solicitor General was Chief Medical Examiner Thambirajah Balachandra, who brought home $397,383.25 in 2021.

Following Thambirajah Balachandra was Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Akmal Coetzee-Khan, with annual earnings of $379,320.50. Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Enrico Risso made $379,320.49, Assist Chief Medical Examiner Cecilia Wu made $361,257.53, and Asst Chief Medical Examiner Tara Dixon round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $352,869.86 for the Justice and Solicitor General 2022 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2021, 1 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 291 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 327 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 6 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 2 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 13 received over $300,000 at the Justice and Solicitor General.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 1 employee made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 291 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 327 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 6 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 2 employees made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 13 employees made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2022 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2022 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2022 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