Michael Purcell was paid $261,018.25 in total compensation as Crown Counsel at Attorney General in 2025, 161% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Michael Purcell has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2018, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $163,755.00 a year, up 128% over that span.
That is 23% 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 Michael Purcell'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 | $261,018.25 | ▲ 40.3% |
2024 | $185,996.03 | ▲ 12.5% |
2022 | $165,374.88 | ▲ 21.3% |
2021 | $136,294.64 | ▼ 6.0% |
2020 | $145,030.51 | ▲ 5.0% |
2019 | $138,103.81 | ▲ 20.7% |
2018First | $114,465.90 | — |
| 7 years total | $1.1M total | $163,755.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Crown Counsel
- 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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