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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 15 years

Karen Backman

Supervisor Market Development / Superviseur – Développement des marchés · Independent Electricity System Operator
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$182,998.78
▲ 58.0% since 2009

Karen Backman was paid $182,998.78 in total compensation as Supervisor Market Development / Superviseur – Développement des marchés at Independent Electricity System Operator in 2025, 83% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Karen Backman has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 15 times since 2009, earning $2.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $148,978.00 a year, up 58% over that span.

That is 14% above the average disclosed pay of $160,215.29 across 1,002 listed Independent Electricity System Operator employees.

$182,998.78
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.2M
Total compensation
across 15 years
$148,978.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+58.0%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

15 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$104K$126K$147K$169K$191K200920102011201220132014201520162018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Karen Backman's total compensation has moved across 15 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $182,998.78
Lifetime total compensation$2.2M
Annual average$148,978.00
Total growth since 2009+58.0%
Biggest raise+11.3% (2010)
Biggest drop-2.7% (2012)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

15 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Supervisor Market Development / Superviseur – Développement des marchés$182,998.78▲ 3.3%
2024
Supervisor Market Development / Superviseur – Développement des marchés$177,199.39▲ 9.7%
2022
Supervisor Market Development / Superviseur – Développement des marchés↑ role changed$161,596.48▲ 1.1%
2021
Supervisor Market Development / Superviseur - Développement des marchés↑ role changed$159,912.87▼ 1.8%
2020
Supervisor Market Development / Superviseur – Développement des marchés↑ role changed$162,837.82▲ 1.9%
2019
Supervisor Market Development / Superviseur � D�veloppement des march�s↑ role changed$159,743.32▲ 6.3%
2018
Supervisor Market and Technical Integration / Superviseur – Gestion intégrée des marchés et de la technologie↑ role changed$150,206.98▲ 2.2%
2016
Supervisor, Operational Risk – Superviseur – Risque opérationnel$146,979.43▼ 2.1%
2015
Supervisor, Operational Risk – Superviseur – Risque opérationnel↑ role changed$150,060.85▲ 7.5%
2014
Supervisor, Operational Assessments / Superviseur - Évaluations opérationnelles↑ role changed$139,539.45▲ 3.8%
2013
Supervisor, Operational Assessments↑ role changed$134,435.89▲ 3.1%
2012
Senior Engineer/Technical Officer↑ role changed$130,363.36▼ 2.7%
2011
Senior Engineer/Technical Officer, Settlements$134,043.22▲ 4.0%
2010
Senior Engineer/Technical Officer, Settlements$128,908.29▲ 11.3%
2009First
Senior Engineer/Technical Officer, Settlements$115,849.17
15 years total$2.2M total$148,978.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Supervisor Market Development / Superviseur – Développement des marchés
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
15

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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