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On the 2018 Sunshine List · 3 years

David Wai

Assistant Deputy Minister Financial Services Policy Division · Finance
2018 Total Compensation Paid
$171,616.13
▲ 67.3% since 2014

David Wai was paid $171,616.13 in total compensation as Assistant Deputy Minister Financial Services Policy Division at Finance in 2018, 72% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

David Wai has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 3 times since 2014, earning $383K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $127,748.00 a year, up 67% over that span.

That is 25% above the average disclosed pay of $136,822.36 across 656 listed Finance employees.

$171,616.13
Latest compensation
in 2018
$383K
Total compensation
across 3 years
$127,748.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+67.3%
Career growth
since 2014
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FIG. 01

3 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$90K$113K$135K$157K$180K201420152018
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How David Wai's total compensation has moved across 3 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2018 · $171,616.13
Lifetime total compensation$383K
Annual average$127,748.00
Total growth since 2014+67.3%
Biggest raise+57.4% (2018)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

3 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2018Latest★ Best
Assistant Deputy Minister Financial Services Policy Division↑ role changed$171,616.13▲ 57.4%
2015
Director, Policy & Plan Design / Directeur, politiques et conception du régime↑ role changed$109,031.96▲ 6.3%
2014First
Senior Manager Investment and Governance / Chef, investissements et gouvernance$102,596.62
3 years total$383K total$127,748.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Assistant Deputy Minister Financial Services Policy Division
Employer
Finance
Sector
Government of Ontario - Ministries
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2014
Latest disclosure
2018
Years on list
3

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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