Sunshine List: 10 top-paid public sector workers in Windsor-Essex

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More than 7,500 public sector workers in Windsor-Essex were paid at least $100,000 last year.

That’s according to the 2024 Sunshine List — more formally known as Ontario’s annual public sector salary disclosure — released on Friday.

The income threshold for the list, which has identified the highest-earning public employees in Ontario since 1996, has not changed in the last 29 years.

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With no adjustment for inflation, the list continues to grow significantly each year. Last year, more than 6,000 local workers made the cut.

Here are the 10 highest paid public sector employees in Windsor and Essex County:

 

Name	Employer	Position	2024 Salary
David Musyj	Windsor Regional Hospital	President and CEO	$465,369.48	$11,472.33
Robert Gordon	University of Windsor	President	$432,465.82	$14,653.56
Bill Marra	Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare	President and CEO	$368,972.70	$10,668.19
Karen Riddell	Windsor Regional Hospital	Acting president and CEO	$362,523.43	$8,186.88
Garry Rossi	ENWIN	President and CEO	$333,598.00	$13,296.00
Joe Mancina	City of Windsor	CAO	$320,450.87	$14,300.89
Michael Silvaggi	St. Clair College	President	$316,826.97	$605.94
Kristin Kennedy	Erie Shores Healthcare	President and CEO	$315,991.26	$1,033.20
Wassim Saad	Windsor Regional Hospital	Chief of Staff	$309,366.30	$2,096.94
Robert Aguirre	University of Windsor	Provost and Vice-President	$302,750.00	$1,288.32

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Coming in just shy of the top 10 was now-retired St. Clair College President Patti France, who made $300,246.85 last year with $231.96 in taxable benefits. France retired in May.

Mehrdad Saif, an electrical and computer engineering professor at the University of Windsor, made $300,053.25 with $920.16 in taxable benefits.

Ontario’s Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act applies to Crown agencies, municipalities, hospitals, boards of public health, school boards, universities and colleges, and other public sector employers who receive a significant level of funding from the provincial government.

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