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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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