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On the 2024 Sunshine List · 5 years

Melissa Cooney

Executive Assistant · Indigenous Affairs
Executive AssistantOntarioFirst listed 2019
2024 Total Compensation Paid
$138,846.95
▲ 21.2% since 2019

Melissa Cooney was paid $138,846.95 in total compensation as Executive Assistant at Indigenous Affairs in 2024, 39% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melissa Cooney has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2019, earning $626K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $125,263.00 a year, up 21% over that span.

That is 11% above the average disclosed pay of $125,312.72 across 94 listed Indigenous Affairs employees.

$138,846.95
Latest compensation
in 2024
$626K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$125,263.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+21.2%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$110K$118K$126K$134K$142K20192020202120222024
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Melissa Cooney's total compensation has moved across 5 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $138,846.95
Lifetime total compensation$626K
Annual average$125,263.00
Total growth since 2019+21.2%
Biggest raise+7.5% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2024Latest★ Best
Executive Assistant$138,846.95▲ 7.5%
2022
Executive Assistant$129,144.67▲ 5.0%
2021
Executive Assistant$122,999.05▲ 1.9%
2020
Executive Assistant$120,756.26▲ 5.4%
2019First
Executive Assistant$114,567.52
5 years total$626K total$125,263.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Executive Assistant
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2024
Years on list
5

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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