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On the 2019 Sunshine List · 9 years

Michael Callaghan

Crown Counsel · Attorney General
2019 Total Compensation Paid
$227,657.29
▲ 38.5% since 2009

Michael Callaghan was paid $227,657.29 in total compensation as Crown Counsel at Attorney General in 2019, 128% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michael Callaghan has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2009, earning $1.8M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $196,860.00 a year, up 38% over that span.

That is 7% above the average disclosed pay of $213,068.56 across 3,127 listed Attorney General employees.

$227,657.29
Latest compensation
in 2019
$1.8M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$196,860.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+38.5%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$153K$174K$194K$215K$235K200920102012201320142015201620182019
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Michael Callaghan's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2019 · $227,657.29
Lifetime total compensation$1.8M
Annual average$196,860.00
Total growth since 2009+38.5%
Biggest raise+9.1% (2019)
Biggest drop-0.1% (2016)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2019Latest★ Best
Crown Counsel↑ role changed$227,657.29▲ 9.1%
2018
Assistant Crown Attorney↑ role changed$208,723.78▲ 1.4%
2016
Crown Counsel↑ role changed$205,911.52▼ 0.1%
2015
Crown Counsel / Avocat de la Couronne↑ role changed$206,074.65▲ 1.5%
2014
Deputy Crown Attorney / Sous-procureur de la Couronne↑ role changed$203,059.22▲ 3.7%
2013
Deputy Crown Attorney$195,778.00▲ 4.3%
2012
Deputy Crown Attorney↑ role changed$187,780.32▲ 8.9%
2010
Assistant Crown Attorney↑ role changed$172,371.91▲ 4.9%
2009First
Deputy Crown Attorney$164,387.50
9 years total$1.8M total$196,860.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Crown Counsel
Sector
Government of Ontario - Ministries
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2019
Years on list
9

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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