Top Earners

The province-wide leaderboard of the highest-paid disclosed employees*, filterable by sector and exact position. Looking for one specific employer's top earners? Its profile page has its own top-10 list.

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Biggest increases total comp, 2024 → 2025

Nancy Kennedy — Deputy Minister Tourism Culture and Gaming · $100,276 → $417,837 +$317,561

Kumar Gupta — Coroner Solicitor General · $466,182 → $750,440 +$284,258

Michael Marshall — Staff Sergeant Solicitor General · $139,220 → $400,897 +$261,678

Azra Champsi — Counsel Attorney General · $103,601 → $312,510 +$208,909

Christopher Thompson — Counsel Attorney General · $101,348 → $302,555 +$201,208

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Orna Salamon — Assistant Deputy Minister Environmental Sciences and Standards Environment Conservation and Parks · $210,683 → $397,154 +$186,472

Michael Hudecki — Manager Funding Policy Unit Education · $120,560 → $299,851 +$179,291

Jean Cadeau — Deputy Minister Economic Development Job Creation and Trade · $323,352 → $501,209 +$177,858

Shanna Ferrone — Assistant Crown Attorney Attorney General · $126,836 → $304,614 +$177,778

Kirsten Manleycasimir — Counsel Attorney General · $211,322 → $387,829 +$176,507

People disclosed in both years, at the same employer. Large jumps often reflect a partial previous year, a promotion, retroactive pay or a one-time payment, not a raise in base salary.

People earning $250,000+ total comp · +771% since 2021

180

2021

202

2022

203

2023

241

2024

1,568

2025

Nominal dollars: like the $100,000 disclosure line, $250,000 isn't adjusted for inflation.

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Top 100 matching, FY2025

Rank	Name	Employer	Position	Total comp	YoY
#19	Kumar Gupta	Solicitor General	Coroner	$750,440	+61.0%
#22	Michelle Diemanuele	Cabinet Office	Secretary of the Cabinet	$720,554	+9.3%
#87	Greg Meredith	Labour Immigration Training and Skills Development	Deputy Minister	$571,045	+37.7%
#152	Deborah Richardson	Health	Deputy Minister	$522,433	+15.6%
#157	David Corbett	Attorney General	Deputy Attorney General	$519,176	+17.3%
#190	Jean Cadeau	Economic Development Job Creation and Trade	Deputy Minister	$501,209	+55.2%
#223	Kieran Moore	Health	Chief Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Deputy Minist…	$483,798	+6.2%
#227	Dirk Huyer	Solicitor General	Chief Coroner	$483,482	+6.1%
#231	Douglas Jones	Transportation	Deputy Minister	$480,342	+16.8%
#262	Michael Pickup	Solicitor General	Deputy Chief Forensic Pathologist	$470,513	+8.4%
#267	Thomas Carrique	Ontario Provincial Police	Commissioner Ontario Provincial Police	$469,030	+28.3%
#303	Reuven Jhirad	Solicitor General	Deputy Chief Coroner	$460,585	+7.1%
#324	Liza Boucher	Solicitor General	Deputy Chief Forensic Pathologist	$456,703	+11.3%
#361	Michael Pollanen	Solicitor General	Chief Forensic Pathologist	$448,891	-0.7%
#370	Jason Fitzsimmons	Finance	Deputy Minister	$447,808	+8.8%
#392	Linda Kocovski	Solicitor General	Medical Manager	$445,208	+12.4%
#414	Alexandra Sutton	Cabinet Office	Deputy Minister	$443,342	+26.9%
#441	Andrew Williams	Solicitor General	Medical Manager	$440,054	+11.6%
#447	Ajit Ninan	Children Community and Social Services	Medical Director	$439,186	+6.2%
#448	Magdaleni Bellis	Solicitor General	Medical Manager	$439,011	+6.2%
#478	Andrew Reed	Ontario Provincial Police	Physician	$434,758	+9.3%
#497	Shannon Fuller	Cabinet Office	Deputy Minister	$432,092	+21.2%
#527	Syed Ahmed	Health	Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health	$429,236	+9.6%
#565	Gary Harper	Ontario Provincial Police	Law Enforcement Officer	$426,736	n/a
#597	Bonnie Burke	Solicitor General	Deputy Chief Coroner	$421,161	+11.3%
#627	Nancy Kennedy	Tourism Culture and Gaming	Deputy Minister	$417,837	+306.1%
#644	Sohail Makhdoom	Children Community and Social Services	Psychiatrist	$416,164	+34.6%
#644	Michelle Pontisgargi	Children Community and Social Services	Paediatrician	$416,164	+34.6%
#644	Timothy Beal	Children Community and Social Services	Psychiatrist	$416,164	+34.6%
#661	Julia Mastrangelo	Children Community and Social Services	Psychiatrist	$414,310	+38.8%
#675	Virve Laaksonencraig	Energy and Mines	Deputy Minister	$412,911	+32.9%
#677	Ali Veshkini	Infrastructure	Deputy Minister	$412,625	+23.5%
#685	Daniele Zanotti	Children Community and Social Services	Deputy Minister	$411,884	n/a
#698	Jane Mallen	Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation	Assistant Deputy Minister Negotiations and Reconciliation	$410,733	+30.7%
#699	Randolv Schwartz	Attorney General	Assistant Deputy Attorney General Criminal Law Division	$410,365	+30.8%
#710	Nevena Dourova	Children Community and Social Services	Psychiatrist	$409,389	+32.4%
#730	Mario Di Tommaso	Solicitor General	Deputy Minister	$407,041	+7.9%
#740	Farah Abdulsatar	Children Community and Social Services	Paediatrician	$406,393	+31.4%
#746	Tyler Hickey	Solicitor General	Forensic Pathologist	$405,922	+12.8%
#781	Denise Cole	Education	Deputy Minister	$401,060	+7.8%
#784	Timothy Schuurman	Finance	Associate Deputy Minister	$400,923	+41.7%
#785	Michael Marshall	Solicitor General	Staff Sergeant	$400,897	+188.1%
#797	Carlene Alexander	Treasury Board Secretariat	Deputy Minister	$399,875	+4.1%
#804	Maliha Khara	Solicitor General	Forensic Pathologist	$399,369	+16.3%
#811	Christopher Ball	Solicitor General	Forensic Pathologist	$399,010	+13.1%
#822	Daniel Warshafsky	Health	Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health Communicable and …	$397,974	+18.7%
#823	Laura Grant	Attorney General	Crown Attorney	$397,761	+74.7%
#829	Orna Salamon	Environment Conservation and Parks	Assistant Deputy Minister Environmental Sciences and Standards	$397,154	+88.6%
#837	Nosa Erobrown	Citizenship and Multiculturalism	Deputy Minister	$396,494	+34.7%
#846	Martha Greenberg	Municipal Affairs and Housing	Deputy Minister	$395,541	-4.3%
#857	Katherine Bingham	Health	Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health Communicable and …	$394,667	+20.3%
#886	Marian Jacko	Attorney General	Assistant Deputy Attorney General Indigenous Justice Division	$392,334	+38.4%
#934	Sidney Peters	Attorney General	Public Guardian Trustee	$388,429	+40.2%
#935	Patrick Kim	Solicitor General	Forensic Pathologist	$388,331	+17.5%
#937	Catherine Stewart	Attorney General	Assistant Deputy Attorney General Duty to Consult	$388,191	+32.3%
#939	Kirsten Manleycasimir	Attorney General	Counsel	$387,829	+83.6%
#946	Jonathan Lebi	Labour Immigration Training and Skills Development	Deputy Minister	$386,957	+44.1%
#952	Althea Neblett	Solicitor General	Forensic Pathologist	$386,714	+26.1%
#960	Donald Fawcett	Cabinet Office	Senior Director and General Counsel	$386,428	+33.2%
#966	Mark Spakowski	Attorney General	Chief Legislative Counsel	$386,167	+32.8%
#988	Melissa Thomson	Longterm Care	Deputy Minister	$384,445	+30.8%
#989	Nancy Krigas	Attorney General	Director Assistant Deputy Attorney General Criminal Law Division	$384,402	+32.3%
#990	Julie Scott	Attorney General	Director Crown Operations	$384,336	+40.8%
#991	Todd Norman	Attorney General	Director Crown Operations	$384,261	+40.3%
#997	Robyn Ndikumana	Solicitor General	Forensic Pathologist	$384,071	+15.2%
#1001	Kelly Weeks	Attorney General	Director Crown Operations	$383,823	+40.6%
#1004	Belinda Pagliaroli	Attorney General	Director Crown Operations	$383,717	+32.0%
#1010	Kathleen Murphy	Attorney General	Executive Legal Officer	$383,605	+40.4%
#1033	Sarah Wright	Attorney General	Director Legal Services	$382,244	+31.7%
#1035	Natasha Wilson	Attorney General	Director Legal Services	$382,150	+44.9%
#1044	Leslie Paine	Attorney General	Director Crown Law Criminal	$381,696	+46.1%
#1047	John Corelli	Attorney General	Director Major Case Management Projects	$381,566	+41.4%
#1049	Keith Palmer	Sport	Deputy Minister	$381,481	+34.3%
#1059	Roslyn Baichoo	Attorney General	Director Legal Services	$380,724	+44.7%
#1076	Jennifer Dmetrichuk	Solicitor General	Regional Supervising Coroner	$379,177	+8.1%
#1078	Sarah Harrison	Environment Conservation and Parks	Deputy Minister	$379,117	+12.6%
#1080	Sean Kearney	Attorney General	Assistant Deputy Attorney General Civil Law Division	$379,042	+27.3%
#1093	Paul Murray	Attorney General	Crown Attorney	$378,256	+43.0%
#1097	Karissa French	Solicitor General	Forensic Pathologist	$377,940	+14.5%
#1100	Tom McKinlay	Attorney General	Assistant Deputy Attorney General Policy Division	$377,693	+42.5%
#1105	Kimberly Hamilton	Solicitor General	Forensic Pathologist	$377,550	+16.4%
#1111	Bernard Pawlowicz	Solicitor General	Forensic Pathologist	$377,038	+16.3%
#1121	Lauren Temple	Attorney General	Director Legal Services	$376,562	+38.1%
#1139	Eric Taylor	Attorney General	Crown Attorney	$375,443	+38.1%
#1159	Lyndsay Jeanes	Attorney General	Crown Attorney	$374,959	+40.9%
#1160	Darilynn Allison	Attorney General	Crown Attorney	$374,929	+32.8%
#1163	Lynne Atkinson	Attorney General	Director Legal Services	$374,899	+47.1%
#1165	Lee Burgess	Attorney General	Crown Attorney	$374,838	+40.8%
#1165	Dale Cox	Attorney General	Crown Attorney	$374,838	+41.5%
#1171	Roda Muse	Francophone Affairs	Deputy Minister	$374,616	+26.0%
#1191	Len Hatzis	Attorney General	Director Legal Services	$373,315	+32.3%
#1192	Alan Findlay	Attorney General	Crown Attorney	$373,315	+40.9%
#1201	Carmen Elmasry	Attorney General	Crown Counsel	$372,821	+61.5%
#1214	Mary McNaughton	Solicitor General	Regional Supervising Coroner	$372,065	+6.2%
#1217	Dianne Carter	Attorney General	Childrens Lawyer	$372,023	+36.9%
#1220	David Cameron	Solicitor General	Regional Supervising Coroner	$371,738	+7.4%
#1221	Joel Kirsh	Solicitor General	Regional Supervising Coroner	$371,728	+7.9%
#1240	Raj Dhir	Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation	Deputy Minister	$370,355	+33.4%
#1244	Andrew Vanderduim	Natural Resources	Deputy Minister	$370,089	+23.9%
#1252	Elizabeth Urbantke	Solicitor General	Regional Supervising Coroner	$369,465	+16.7%