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Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2020

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    Published March 2020

    Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2020

    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 Public Service Commission, including:

    • Top Salaries at Public Service Commission in the 2020 Sunshine List
    • ADM, Strat Serv&PA Secretariat
      $200,404.88
    • Public Service Commissioner
      $191,317.87
    • ADM, HR Service Delivery
      $183,243.32
    • Executive Director, Sector 2
      $180,466.78
    • ADM, Labour & Empl Pol & Progs
      $177,369.92

    2020 Alberta Sunshine List: Public Service Commission Top Earners

    Every year, the Alberta government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Public Service Commission's 72 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $9,593,036.79 in 2019.

    At the top of the Public Service Commission Sunshine List

    Topping the list for the Public Service Commission was ADM, Strat Serv&PA Secretariat Sandra Locke, who brought home $200,404.88 in 2019.

    Following Sandra Locke was Public Service Commissioner Timothy Grant, with annual earnings of $191,317.87. ADM, HR Service Delivery Cindy McKinley made $183,243.32, Executive Director, Sector 2 Dawn White made $180,466.78, and ADM, Labour & Empl Pol & Progs Myles M. Morris round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $177,369.92 for the Public Service Commission 2020 Sunshine List.

    Breaking down the numbers

    Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2019, 54 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 16 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 1 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at the Public Service Commission.

    • Salary breakdown
    • 54 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
    • 16 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
    • 1 employee made between $200,000 to $250,000
    • 1 employee made more than $300,000

    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 analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2020 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