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On the 2023 Sunshine List · 13 years

Brian Playfair

OntarioFirst listed 2011
2023 Total Compensation Paid
$126,635.32
▲ 23.1% since 2011

Brian Playfair was paid $126,635.32 in total compensation as an employee at Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board in 2023, 27% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Brian Playfair has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 13 times since 2011, earning $1.6M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $119,429.00 a year, up 23% over that span.

That is 3% below the average disclosed pay of $130,141.79 across 3,046 listed Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board employees.

$126,635.32
Latest compensation
in 2023
$1.6M
Total compensation
across 13 years
$119,429.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+23.1%
Career growth
since 2011
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FIG. 01

13 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$98K$107K$115K$124K$133K2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Brian Playfair's total compensation has moved across 13 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2022 · $129,599.77
Lifetime total compensation$1.6M
Annual average$119,429.00
Total growth since 2011+23.1%
Biggest raise+5.9% (2015)
Biggest drop-2.3% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

13 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2023Latest
$126,635.32▼ 2.3%
2022★ Best
Elementary Principal$129,599.77▲ 2.2%
2021
Elementary Principal$126,796.25▼ 2.0%
2020
Elementary Principal$129,397.21▲ 3.7%
2019
Elementary Principal$124,798.91▲ 0.8%
2018
Elementary Principal↑ role changed$123,752.12▲ 1.8%
2017
Elementary, Principal↑ role changed$121,582.77▲ 0.1%
2016
Elementary School Principal$121,520.36▲ 1.5%
2015
Elementary School Principal↑ role changed$119,719.64▲ 5.9%
2014
Elementary Principal↑ role changed$113,064.70▲ 4.4%
2013
Principal, Elementary↑ role changed$108,297.80▲ 3.6%
2012
Elementary School Vice–Principal↑ role changed$104,537.06▲ 1.6%
2011First
Vice-Principal, Elementary School$102,874.69
13 years total$1.6M total$119,429.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2011
Latest disclosure
2023
Years on list
13

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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