City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission

Also filed as City of Toronto - TTC (2006), City of Toronto - Toronto Transit Comm. (2004–2005) and Toronto Transit Commission (1996–2002).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 9,614 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

9,614

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$1.2B

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$121,680

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$114,939

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission in 2025?

Richard Leary, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $598,317 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 9,614 City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $114,939.

How has City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission's Sunshine List changed?

City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission listed 24 people in 1996 and 9,614 in 2025 — 401× as many; payroll on the list went from $2.7M to $1.2B, and the median salary moved from $103,243 to $114,939.

How many City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $103,243 in 1996 to $114,939 in 2025.$100K$105K$110K$115K$120K$125K199620022008201320192025
Median salary, 1996–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold. That threshold has never been indexed to inflation, so this line can fall over time simply because more people newly cross it — not necessarily because pay fell.

Top Employees
2025

#1Richard Leary
$598,317
Chief Executive Officer
#2Bruce Macgregor
$467,923
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
#3Stephanie Davies
$400,208
Chief Capital Officer
#4Gregory Percy
$384,987
Chief Executive Officer
#5Fortunato Monaco
$379,694
Chief Operating Officer
#6Joshua Colle
$365,143
Chief Strategy and Customer Officer
#7Richard Wong
$356,565
Chief Transportation And Vehicles Officer
#8Shakira Naraine
$343,729
Chief People and Culture Officer
#9Michael Atlas
$342,383
General Counsel
#10Christopher Sawicki
$323,803
Chief Project Manager
#11Giovanni Montagnese
$307,231
Chief Financial Officer
#12Betty Hasserjian
$301,783
Chief Safety Officer
#13Mandeep Lali
$298,989
Chief Executive Officer
#14Yan He
$298,596
Chief Project Manager
#15Dhaksayan Shanmuganayagam
$290,440
Chief Information Officer
#16Michael Piemontese
$285,429
Special Advisor – Procurement and Category Management
#17Natalie Poole-Moffatt
$269,366
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
#18Bem Case
$269,361
Executive Director – Innovation And Sustainability
#19Visha Sukdeo
$266,817
Associate General Counsel
#20Viraj Chandrakanthan
$265,522
Head – Audit, Risk and Compliance
#21Laura Gould
$264,651
Head – Commercial Management
#22John Dimovski
$262,859
Chief Project Manager
#23Matthew Hopkins
$261,196
Executive Director – People
#24Karen Thorburn
$257,335
Executive Director – Corporate Initiatives
#25Angela Gibson
$252,042
Executive Director – Transit Enforcement

See all 9,614 employees in 2025 →

Download CSV (2025) →Released by the Government of Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Compiled by SunshineList.

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

George Pappas at City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $141,435 to $199,084, up 40.8%.

George Pappas+40.8%
Foreperson – Wiring and Service
$141,435 → $199,084
John Gembala+36.3%
Foreperson – Wiring and Service
$145,455 → $198,281
Visha Sukdeo+23.7%
Associate General Counsel
$212,384 → $262,661
Adrian Popovici+28.4%
Senior Technical Advisor
$175,211 → $225,046
David Taing+45.5%
Tower Controller
$109,203 → $158,908

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

2,908 people were new to City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission's list in 2025; 623 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission →

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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people