Saskatchewan Sunshine List 2021 (FY 2020-21)

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

9,642
employees disclosed
$100,272
average compensation
$88,773
median compensation
$973,463
highest compensation

In 2021, 9,642 employees at 8 Saskatchewan public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s payee disclosure (FY 2020-21, the fiscal year ending in 2021). The average disclosed compensation was $100,272 and the median was $88,773 — the disclosure covers only employees above the $50,000 threshold in force that year, not the entire public-sector workforce.

Compared with 2020, the list shrank by 118 names (-1.2%, from 9,760 to 9,642), and the average disclosed compensation rose 2.3% from $97,999.

The highest-paid person on the 2021 list was Blair Swystun at Crown Investments Corporation, at $973,463. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 9,642 records, use the data explorer or see the Saskatchewan dashboard for the latest year.

Saskatchewan figures are Crown-sector only (the CIC Crown corporations) and reported on a fiscal-year basis (e.g. 2024 = the year ending March 31, 2024). The $50,000 threshold and Crown-corporation coverage are consistent across years.

Highest-paid public-sector employees in Saskatchewan, 2021

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

#NameEmployerCompensation
1Blair SwystunCrown Investments Corporation$973,463
2Doug BurnettSaskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation$590,588
3Michael MarshCrown Investments Corporation$590,314
4Shawn GriceSaskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation$521,097
5Ken FromSaskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation$495,504
6Andrew CartmellSaskEnergy Incorporated$495,428
7Scott TerlsonSaskEnergy Incorporated$464,505
8Jim DundasSaskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation$426,225
9Daryl GodfreySaskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation$422,076
10Greg MeisterSaskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation$419,623
11David EkstrandSaskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation$417,760
12Brad StromCrown Investments Corporation$394,420
13Timothy EckelCrown Investments Corporation$386,952
14Rachelle Verret MorphyCrown Investments Corporation$386,908
15Charlene GavelSaskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation$386,262
16Kory HaykoCrown Investments Corporation$385,622
17Howard MatthewsCrown Investments Corporation$384,933
18Grant RingCrown Investments Corporation$383,852
19Penny McCuneSaskEnergy Incorporated$381,064
20Dawn BloomSaskEnergy Incorporated$380,379
21Mark GuilletSaskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation$377,283
22Tamara TherrienSaskEnergy Incorporated$376,461
23Jeff StepanSaskEnergy Incorporated$375,866
24Doug KosloskiSaskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation$370,232
25Troy KingCrown Investments Corporation$370,055

2021 compensation by sector

SectorEmployeesAvg CompensationTop Compensation
Utilities4,429$111,553$495,428
Telecommunications3,133$92,128$590,588
Insurance & Financial1,810$85,899$299,830
Crown Holding & Investment146$123,913$973,463
Gaming & Lotteries124$85,072$301,137

Largest employers on the 2021 list

The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2021.

EmployerSectorEmployeesAvg Compensation
Saskatchewan Power CorporationUtilities3,267$114,580
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding CorporationTelecommunications3,133$92,128
Saskatchewan Government InsuranceInsurance & Financial1,810$85,899
SaskEnergy IncorporatedUtilities1,057$104,294
Saskatchewan Gaming CorporationGaming & Lotteries124$85,072
Saskatchewan Water CorporationUtilities105$90,437
Saskatchewan Opportunities CorporationCrown Holding & Investment91$89,320
Crown Investments CorporationCrown Holding & Investment55$181,148

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