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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Melissa Ilardo

Counsel · Attorney General
CounselOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$217,244.33
▲ 103.7% since 2019

Melissa Ilardo was paid $217,244.33 in total compensation as Counsel at Attorney General in 2025, 117% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melissa Ilardo has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2019, earning $855K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $142,496.00 a year, up 104% over that span.

That is 2% above the average disclosed pay of $213,068.56 across 3,127 listed Attorney General employees.

$217,244.33
Latest compensation
in 2025
$855K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$142,496.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+103.7%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$87K$123K$159K$195K$231K201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Melissa Ilardo's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $217,244.33
Lifetime total compensation$855K
Annual average$142,496.00
Total growth since 2019+103.7%
Biggest raise+40.4% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Counsel$217,244.33▲ 40.4%
2024
Counsel$154,771.91▲ 10.4%
2022
Counsel$140,185.67▲ 11.5%
2021
Counsel$125,710.80▲ 13.9%
2020
Counsel$110,395.11▲ 3.5%
2019First
Counsel$106,669.42
6 years total$855K total$142,496.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Counsel
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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