The Ontario Sunshine List - Public Sector Salary Disclosure

The names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of public sector employees paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year.

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In Ontario's 2024 Sunshine List, there were 400 employees with similar job titles who received an average salary of $119,292.28

$119,292.28

Average Salary in 2024

$114,917.25

Median Salary in 2024

Male
62.89% 
Male
Female
37.11%
Female
400 employees (Support Specialist)
1 400
Low: $100K Median: $115K High: $201K

Below is the quartile breakdown of the salary range.

293 employees received a salary between $100,017 - $125,276
87 employees received a salary between $125,276 - $150,535
17 employees received a salary between $150,535 - $175,794
3 employees received a salary between $175,794 - $201,053

Majority of the employees were paid within the salary range encompassing the first quartile breakdown.

What were the average and median salaries for a Support Specialist listed in the 2024 Ontario Government Sunshine List?

The 2024 Ontario Sunshine List shows that the average and median salaries for a Support Specialist are $119,292.28 and $114,917.25, respectively.

What is the highest salary for a Support Specialist in a public organization in Ontario?

In 2024, Insan Mohamed, holding the position of Enterprise Technical Support Specialist at the City of Toronto received the highest salary of $201,053.21 among similar positions in Ontario public organizations. Christine Smith, serving as the Support Specialist at Ontario Power Generation , earned the highest salary of $169,086.38 among individuals in the same position across public organizations in Ontario during that year.

What are the top 5 public organizations in Ontario that offer the highest salaries for Support Specialist?

In the year 2024, the highest-paying organizations for Support Specialist and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Regional Municipality of Halton with an average pay of $153,285.33; Metrolinx with an average pay of $140,602.93; Workplace Safety and Insurance Board with an average pay of $137,269.57; Manitoulin Health Centre with an average pay of $133,785.35; and Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development with an average pay of $133,485.65.

A total of 74 organizations had employees who held comparable positions as mentioned in the Ontario Sunshine list.

What are the top 3 public sectors in Ontario that offer the highest salaries for Support Specialist?

In the year 2024, the highest-paying sector or industries for Support Specialist and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Ontario Power Generation with an average pay of $130,901.16; Crown Agencies with an average pay of $128,802.61; and Municipalities and Services with an average pay of $124,068.28.

There were 9 sectors where employees held similar positions, as indicated in the Ontario Sunshine list.

What is the representation of gender diversity for Support Specialist in Ontario?

The 2024 Ontario Sunshine List indicates that the representation of gender diversity in Support Specialist is 62.89% male and 37.11% female, respectively.

The 2024 Sunshine List has 400 employees who held comparable positions in Ontario.

10 out of 400 employees

Full Name Job Title Employer Total Paid
Insan Mohamed Enterprise Technical Support Specialist City of Toronto $201,053
Ajit Chaudhary Information Technology Services Technical Support Specialist Metrolinx $181,855
Brent A Lanteigne Senior Technical Support Specialist 1 City of Toronto $180,802
Vikas Aggarwal Information Technology Services Technical Support Specialist Metrolinx $175,408
Ryan Gibbons Senior Comp Support Specialist Toronto Metropolitan University $169,240
Christine Smith Support Specialist Ontario Power Generation $169,086
Rupinder S Makkar Information Technology Services Technical Support Specialist Metrolinx $168,086
Amir Yousuf Enterprise Technical Support Specialist City of Toronto $168,442
Linghong Wang Senior Specialist, Production Support Workplace Safety and Insurance Board $162,078
Daniel Worku Desktop Application Support And Deployment Specialist Unity Health Toronto $161,081

Yearly Average Paid

Year Total Employee Count Average Paid
2024400$119,292
2023317$117,011
2022263$117,087
2021248$116,465
2020237$115,852
2019188$116,145
2016118$114,678
2015114$114,340
201281$112,842