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On the 2017 Sunshine List · 9 years

Matthew Kavanagh

Staff Sergeant · City of Hamilton
2017 Total Compensation Paid
$135,911.71
▲ 19.7% since 2009

Matthew Kavanagh was paid $135,911.71 in total compensation as Staff Sergeant at City of Hamilton in 2017, 36% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Matthew Kavanagh has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2009, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $131,960.00 a year, up 20% over that span.

That is 2% above the average disclosed pay of $133,049.99 across 3,382 listed City of Hamilton employees.

$135,911.71
Latest compensation
in 2017
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$131,960.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+19.7%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$107K$119K$131K$142K$154K200920102011201220132014201520162017
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2013 · $149,747.30
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$131,960.00
Total growth since 2009+19.7%
Biggest raise+17.2% (2012)
Biggest drop-14.6% (2014)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2017Latest
Staff Sergeant$135,911.71▲ 2.2%
2016
Staff Sergeant$132,992.32▼ 10.4%
2015
Staff Sergeant$148,370.01▲ 16.0%
2014
Staff Sergeant$127,871.62▼ 14.6%
2013★ Best
Staff Sergeant$149,747.30▲ 8.1%
2012
Staff Sergeant$138,513.61▲ 17.2%
2011
Staff Sergeant$118,145.43▼ 3.6%
2010
Staff Sergeant↑ role changed$122,537.76▲ 7.9%
2009First
Sergeant 1st Class$113,551.57
9 years total$1.2M total$131,960.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Staff Sergeant
Sector
Municipalities and Services
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2017
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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