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On the 2024 Sunshine List · 9 years

Steven Davidson

Secretary of the Cabinet · Cabinet Office
Secretary of the CabinetOntarioFirst listed 2014
2024 Total Compensation Paid
$407,390.46
▲ 82.7% since 2014

Steven Davidson was paid $407,390.46 in total compensation as Secretary of the Cabinet at Cabinet Office in 2024, 307% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Steven Davidson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2014, earning $3.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $392,041.00 a year, up 83% over that span.

That is 184% above the average disclosed pay of $143,225.88 across 338 listed Cabinet Office employees.

$407,390.46
Latest compensation
in 2024
$3.5M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$392,041.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+82.7%
Career growth
since 2014
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$159K$274K$388K$502K$617K201420152016201820192020202120222024
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2021 · $574,628.60
Lifetime total compensation$3.5M
Annual average$392,041.00
Total growth since 2014+82.7%
Biggest raise+49.0% (2019)
Biggest drop-21.3% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2024Latest
Secretary of the Cabinet$407,390.46▼ 10.0%
2022
Secretary of the Cabinet$452,421.10▼ 21.3%
2021★ Best
Secretary of the Cabinet$574,628.60▲ 6.5%
2020
Secretary of the Cabinet$539,396.07▲ 10.2%
2019
Secretary of the Cabinet↑ role changed$489,586.59▲ 49.0%
2018
Deputy Minister$328,646.22▲ 13.1%
2016
Deputy Minister↑ role changed$290,636.69▲ 30.5%
2015
Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre$222,647.50▼ 0.2%
2014First
Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre$223,014.84
9 years total$3.5M total$392,041.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Employee details

Position
Secretary of the Cabinet
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2014
Latest disclosure
2024
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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