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On the 2016 Sunshine List · 6 years

Gary Coplen

Fire Captain · City of Thorold
2016 Total Compensation Paid
$127,096.05
▲ 8.9% since 2011

Gary Coplen was paid $127,096.05 in total compensation as Fire Captain at City of Thorold in 2016, 27% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Gary Coplen has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2011, earning $694K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $115,691.00 a year, up 9% over that span.

That is 3% below the average disclosed pay of $131,375.82 across 47 listed City of Thorold employees.

$127,096.05
Latest compensation
in 2016
$694K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$115,691.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+8.9%
Career growth
since 2011
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6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$100K$109K$118K$127K$136K201120122013201420152016
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The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Gary Coplen's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2015 · $132,834.53
Lifetime total compensation$694K
Annual average$115,691.00
Total growth since 2011+8.9%
Biggest raise+26.8% (2015)
Biggest drop-9.1% (2012)
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Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2016Latest
Fire Captain↑ role changed$127,096.05▼ 4.3%
2015★ Best
Fire Prevention Officer$132,834.53▲ 26.8%
2014
Fire Prevention Officer$104,747.42▼ 1.8%
2013
Fire Prevention Officer↑ role changed$106,678.61▲ 0.6%
2012
Fire Captain↑ role changed$106,060.28▼ 9.1%
2011First
Firefighter - Captain$116,731.83
6 years total$694K total$115,691.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Fire Captain
Sector
Municipalities and Services
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2011
Latest disclosure
2016
Years on list
6

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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