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On the 2020 Sunshine List · 4 years

Scott Nelms

Assistant Deputy Minister, Government Business Enterprise · Finance
2020 Total Compensation Paid
$102,253.97
▼ 34.3% since 2016

Scott Nelms was paid $102,253.97 in total compensation as Assistant Deputy Minister, Government Business Enterprise at Finance in 2020, 2% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Scott Nelms has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2016, earning $642K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $160,458.00 a year, down 34% over that span.

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

$102,253.97
Latest compensation
in 2020
$642K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$160,458.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-34.3%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$84K$117K$151K$184K$218K2016201820192020
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Scott Nelms's total compensation has moved across 4 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2019 · $205,576.15
Lifetime total compensation$642K
Annual average$160,458.00
Total growth since 2016-34.3%
Biggest raise+15.3% (2019)
Biggest drop-50.3% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2020Latest
Assistant Deputy Minister, Government Business Enterprise↑ role changed$102,253.97▼ 50.3%
2019★ Best
Assistant Deputy Minister, Government Business Enterprise Division$205,576.15▲ 15.3%
2018
Assistant Deputy Minister, Government Business Enterprise Division↑ role changed$178,285.61▲ 14.5%
2016First
Assistant Deputy Minister, Electricity Oversight Division / Sous-ministre adjoint, Division de la surveillance du secteur de l’électricité$155,716.98
4 years total$642K total$160,458.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Assistant Deputy Minister, Government Business Enterprise
Employer
Finance
Sector
Government of Ontario – Ministries
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
Latest disclosure
2020
Years on list
4

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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