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On the 2022 Sunshine List · 12 years

Kostas Plainos

Director, Personal Tax Policy and Design · Finance
2022 Total Compensation Paid
$162,545.21
▲ 17.4% since 2009

Kostas Plainos was paid $162,545.21 in total compensation as Director, Personal Tax Policy and Design at Finance in 2022, 63% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Kostas Plainos has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 12 times since 2009, earning $1.9M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $157,397.00 a year, up 17% over that span.

That is 19% above the average disclosed pay of $136,822.36 across 656 listed Finance employees.

$162,545.21
Latest compensation
in 2022
$1.9M
Total compensation
across 12 years
$157,397.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+17.4%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

12 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$129K$146K$163K$180K$197K200920102012201320142015201620182019202020212022
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Kostas Plainos's total compensation has moved across 12 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2021 · $190,819.70
Lifetime total compensation$1.9M
Annual average$157,397.00
Total growth since 2009+17.4%
Biggest raise+11.1% (2019)
Biggest drop-14.8% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

12 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2022Latest
Director, Personal Tax Policy and Design$162,545.21▼ 14.8%
2021★ Best
Director, Personal Tax Policy and Design$190,819.70▲ 7.8%
2020
Director, Personal Tax Policy and Design↑ role changed$176,973.21▼ 3.5%
2019
Director, Personal Tax Policy and Design Branch$183,425.38▲ 11.1%
2018
Director, Personal Tax Policy and Design Branch↑ role changed$165,127.09▲ 7.0%
2016
Director, Personal Tax Policy and Design Branch / Directeur, Direction des politiques et de la conception en matière d'imposition des particuliers↑ role changed$154,296.83▲ 2.5%
2015
Director, Personal Tax Policy & Design Branch / Directeur, Direction des politiques et de la conception en matière d'imposition des particuliers↑ role changed$150,549.46▲ 3.7%
2014
Director, Personal Tax Policy and Design Branch / Directeur, Direction des politiques et de la conception en matière d'imposition des particuliers↑ role changed$145,207.56▲ 3.6%
2013
Director, Personal Tax Policy & Design Branch$140,142.20▲ 0.0%
2012
Director, Personal Tax Policy & Design Branch$140,122.32▼ 0.7%
2010
Director, Personal Tax Policy & Design Branch↑ role changed$141,080.49▲ 1.9%
2009First
Director Personal Taxation Branch$138,473.45
12 years total$1.9M total$157,397.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Director, Personal Tax Policy and Design
Employer
Finance
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2022
Years on list
12

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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