James Cruess was paid $233,789.94 in total compensation as Assistant Crown Attorney at Attorney General in 2025, 134% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
James Cruess has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2018, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $155,225.00 a year, up 120% over that span.
That is 10% above the average disclosed pay of $213,068.56 across 3,127 listed Attorney General employees.
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7 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How James Cruess's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
7 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $233,789.94 | ▲ 34.7% |
2024 | $173,510.92 | ▲ 10.2% |
2022 | $157,499.85 | ▲ 7.0% |
2021 | $147,245.68 | ▲ 7.2% |
2020 | $137,394.00 | ▲ 5.0% |
2019 | $130,901.30 | ▲ 23.2% |
2018First | $106,230.26 | — |
| 7 years total | $1.1M total | $155,225.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Assistant Crown Attorney
- Employer
- Attorney General
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2018
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 7
Data source
Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.
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