Manitoba Sunshine List 2021

Manitoba’s 2021 compensation disclosure: every disclosed public-sector compensation for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.

39,067
employees disclosed
$105,523
average compensation
$98,089
median compensation
$996,009
highest compensation

In 2021, 39,067 employees at 112 Manitoba public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s compensation disclosure. The average disclosed compensation was $105,523 and the median was $98,089 — the disclosure covers only employees above the $75,000 threshold in force that year, not the entire public-sector workforce.

Compared with 2020, the list grew by 2,087 names (+5.6%, from 36,980 to 39,067), and the average disclosed compensation rose 3.7% from $101,714.

The highest-paid person on the 2021 list was Hisham Tassi (Physician, Internist) at Northern Regional Health Authority, at $996,009. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 39,067 records, use the data explorer or see the Manitoba dashboard for the latest year.

Highest-paid public-sector employees in Manitoba, 2021

Top 25 by compensation on the 2021 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.

#NamePositionEmployerCompensation
1Hisham TassiPhysician, InternistNorthern Regional Health Authority$996,009
2Brian KuoPhysicianNorthern Regional Health Authority$953,211
3Arun SarkerPhysicianNorthern Regional Health Authority$911,747
4Navrup AeryPhysicianNorthern Regional Health Authority$901,590
5R ZlotySr Medical Officer 1Manitoba Government$893,863
6Nadeem ChaudhryPhysicianNorthern Regional Health Authority$858,424
7Adam AmaduPhysicianNorthern Regional Health Authority$845,533
8Brett StaceyPhysicianNorthern Regional Health Authority$836,768
9Oveis GolchinPhysicianNorthern Regional Health Authority$778,072
10Lorne MidfordVP Asset Planning & DeliveryManitoba Hydro$741,773
11Shadi MahmoudPhysician, InternistNorthern Regional Health Authority$716,168
12Sylvain LotherWRHA Medical StaffWinnipeg Regional Health Authority$710,974
13Matthew AlkanaPhysicianNorthern Regional Health Authority$682,911
14andora JacksonPhysicianNorthern Regional Health Authority$681,108
15Mustafa ShapanPathologistSHARED HEALTH INC.$676,310
16Janetta RossouwPathologistSHARED HEALTH INC.$668,167
17Lina AzzamPhysician, Obstetrics/GynNorthern Regional Health Authority$667,976
18Shaun GauthierRegional Lead Medical & CmoPrairie Mountain Health$664,959
19Arjowan MustafaPhysician, Obstetrics/GynNorthern Regional Health Authority$656,790
20Jean-Loup CarpenterPhysicianNorthern Regional Health Authority$646,263
21Muhammad AbidullahPathologistSHARED HEALTH INC.$636,602
22B RoussinSr Medical Officer 1Manitoba Government$634,301
23Julian Michael JoshuaWRHA Medical StaffWinnipeg Regional Health Authority$631,981
24Mitchell DarrPhysicianNorthern Regional Health Authority$622,972
25Areej ShibaniPathologistSHARED HEALTH INC.$618,322

2021 compensation by sector

SectorEmployeesAvg CompensationTop Compensation
Education and Economic Development16,601$101,973$564,848
Health12,426$109,956$996,009
Government5,257$98,412$893,863
Government Business Enterprises4,585$114,330$741,773
Justice and Other Expenditures102$122,304$257,516
Community and Resource Development96$96,457$189,718

Largest employers on the 2021 list

The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2021.

EmployerSectorEmployeesAvg Compensation
Manitoba GovernmentGovernment5,257$98,412
SHARED HEALTH INC.Health4,742$104,681
Manitoba HydroGovernment Business Enterprises3,870$117,449
Winnipeg Regional Health AuthorityHealth2,681$112,386
Winnipeg School DivisionEducation and Economic Development2,178$99,344
University of ManitobaEducation and Economic Development2,076$118,991
Prairie Mountain HealthHealth1,493$105,411
River East Transcona School DivisionEducation and Economic Development1,071$101,066
Louis Riel School DivisionEducation and Economic Development935$97,669
Pembina Trails School DivisionEducation and Economic Development908$99,621
Red River College PolytechnicEducation and Economic Development824$91,826
Southern Health-Santé SudHealth778$103,740
Seven Oaks School DivisionEducation and Economic Development768$99,466
The Manitoba Public Insurance Corp.Government Business Enterprises715$97,450
Northern Regional Health AuthorityHealth672$161,454

Other years

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