Education

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 756 employees earning $100K+

Government of Ontario – Ministries

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

756

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$100.6M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$132,926

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$127,198

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Education in 2025?

Denise Cole, Deputy Minister, was paid $401,060 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 756 Education employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $127,198.

How has Education's Sunshine List changed?

Education listed 16 people in 1999 and 756 in 2025 — 47× as many; payroll on the list went from $1.9M to $100.6M, and the median salary moved from $107,179 to $127,198.

How many Education employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 27 yearly values of median salary, from $107,179 in 1999 to $127,198 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K199920052010201420192025
Median salary, 1999–2025. 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

#1Denise Cole
$401,060
Deputy Minister
#2Rupert Gordon
$320,019
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy and Planning Division
#3Yael Ginsler
$316,870
Assistant Deputy Minister, Student Achievement Division
#4Kate Manson-Smith
$315,540
Deputy Minister
#5Michael Hudecki
$299,851
Manager, Funding Policy Unit
#6Doreen Lamarche
$289,485
Executive Director, Education Finance Office
#7Didem Proulx
$285,662
Assistant Deputy Minister, Capital and Business Support Division
#8Louis Dimitracopoulos
$284,075
Chief Administrative Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management and Services Division
#9Andrew Davis
$280,393
Assistant Deputy Minister, Education Labour and Finance Division
#10Holly Moran
$278,831
Assistant Deputy Minister, Early Years and Child Care Division
#11Claudine Munroe
$252,493
Assistant Deputy Minister, Indigenous Education and Well Being Division
#12Giselle Basanta
$250,345
Assistant Deputy Minister, Education Equity and Governance Secretariat
#13Nadine Ramdial
$233,215
Director, Strategic Human Resources Branch
#14Didier Pomerleau
$232,601
Assistant Deputy Minister, French Language Education Division
#15Andrea Dutton
$232,295
Director, Capital Policy Branch
#16Ian Ross
$231,403
Director, Communications Branch
#17Mersad Fard
$229,905
Director, Transfer Payment and Divisional Finance Branch
#18Rachel Osborne
$226,507
Director, Education Equity and Board Governance Branch
#19Suzanne Gordon
$224,499
Director, Inclusive Education and Well-Being Branch
#20Paul Cleaver
$224,328
Director, Corporate Finance and Services Branch
#21Matthew Beattie
$218,432
Director, Labour Relations Operations Branch
#22Patrick Byam
$218,386
Director, Safe Schools Branch
#23Mishaal Surti
$217,936
Director, Curriculum Assessment and Student Success Policy Branch
#24Romina Di Pasquale
$217,430
Director, Enrolment, Funding and Labour Policy Branch
#25Andrew Locker
$214,387
Director, Field Services Branch

See all 756 employees in 2025 →

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Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Whitney Wilson at Education had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $102,666 to $205,062, up 99.7%.

Whitney Wilson+99.7%
Director, Early Years Branch
$102,666 → $205,062
Yael Ginsler+47.3%
Assistant Deputy Minister, Student Achievement Division
$214,899 → $316,578
Patrick Byam+53.5%
Director, Safe Schools Branch
$142,199 → $218,230
Claudine Munroe+37.4%
Assistant Deputy Minister, Indigenous Education and Well Being Division
$183,565 → $252,236
Matthew Beattie+45.1%
Director, Labour Relations Operations Branch
$150,419 → $218,225

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.

150 people were new to Education's list in 2025; 307 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Education →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people