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LETTER: Sunshine List threshold outdated, 'obsolete'

The Ontario government has issued its 'Sunshine List' for 2025, which lists publicly paid employees earning over $100,000.
In 1996, a salary over $100,000 was considered large, but its equivalent in 2025 is about $180,000 due to inflation.
The outdated $100,000 threshold gives a misleading impression that many nurses and teachers earn excessively.
Many employees on the list are actually struggling financially, often still repaying their education costs to provide essential services.

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Barrie Today

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LETTER: Sunshine List threshold outdated, 'obsolete'

$100,000 in 1996 was worth almost double what it is today, notes letter writer

1 day ago·Barrie, Canada

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Bradford Today

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LETTER: Sunshine List threshold is outdated, 'obsolete'

Writer says document gives impression many nurses, teachers and administrators are 'feeding at the trough' when they are no better off than many privately paid Ontarians

2 days ago·Bradford West Gwillimbury, Canada

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The Record

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Has inflation made Ontario’s sunshine list of $100K+ earners irrelevant? Have your say

The $100,000-income threshold hasn’t changed since 1996, which has prompted some observers to question the list’s relevance. Should the number be changed?

4 days ago·Waterloo, Canada

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St Catharines Standard

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Sunshine List: These City of Niagara Falls employees were paid $100K-plus last year

While only 15.2 per cent of City of Niagara Falls employees paid more than $100,000 in 2024 were female, their average salary was about $1,000 more than their male colleagues.

4 days ago·Welland, Canada

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Muskoka411

TLDSB Notes Unique Year For Some Employee Salaries In Public Sector Disclosure

The Ontario government has published the 2024 public sector salary disclosure, which makes salaries paid to Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) employees who earned $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year publicly available. Created in 1996, the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act makes Ontario’s public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers and discloses the names, positions, salaries, and total taxable benefits of em…

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