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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 5 years

Michelle Kester

Manager Strategic Initiatives and Projects · Attorney General
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$154,077.32
▲ 53.8% since 2020

Michelle Kester was paid $154,077.32 in total compensation as Manager Strategic Initiatives and Projects at Attorney General in 2025, 54% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michelle Kester has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2020, earning $592K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $118,462.00 a year, up 54% over that span.

That is 28% below the average disclosed pay of $213,068.56 across 3,127 listed Attorney General employees.

$154,077.32
Latest compensation
in 2025
$592K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$118,462.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+53.8%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$90K$108K$125K$143K$161K20202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Michelle Kester's total compensation has moved across 5 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $154,077.32
Lifetime total compensation$592K
Annual average$118,462.00
Total growth since 2020+53.8%
Biggest raise+28.3% (2025)
Biggest drop-0.3% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Manager Strategic Initiatives and Projects$154,077.32▲ 28.3%
2024
Manager Strategic Initiatives and Projects↑ role changed$120,108.20▲ 10.4%
2022
Regional Manager$108,842.76▼ 0.3%
2021
Regional Manager$109,123.08▲ 9.0%
2020First
Regional Manager$100,157.20
5 years total$592K total$118,462.00 avg
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The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Manager Strategic Initiatives and Projects
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
5

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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