Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2025
- Employees: 335
- Positions: 163
- Sum of all salaries: $43,045,044.83
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Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2025
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 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.
At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Ontario and earn over $100,000 per year, including total taxable benefits.
This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, including:
Top Salaries at Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade in the 2025 Sunshine List
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Special Advisor, Agent General$364,900.78
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Deputy Minister$342,636.12
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Deputy Minister$320,994.44
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Industries$249,527.29
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Chief Administrative Officer/Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate and Policy Services Division$215,598.44
2025 Ontario Sunshine List: Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Top Earners
Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade's 335 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $43,045,044.83 in 2024.
At the top of the Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Sunshine List
Topping the list for the Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade was Special Advisor, Agent General David Paterson, who brought home $364,900.78 in 2024.
Following David Paterson was Deputy Minister Stephen Rhodes, with annual earnings of $342,636.12. Deputy Minister Jean Paul Cadeau made $320,994.44, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Industries David Barnes made $249,527.29, and Chief Administrative Officer/Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate and Policy Services Division Jennifer Wismer round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $215,598.44 for the Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade 2025 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2024, 57 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 243 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 28 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 4 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 3 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade.
Salary breakdown
- 57 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
- 243 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
- 28 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
- 4 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
- 3 employees made more than $300,000
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2025 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2025 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2025 Employers List.