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On the 2020 Sunshine List · 8 years

Iris Tam

Senior Legal Counsel /Avocate principale · Metrolinx
2020 Total Compensation Paid
$175,074.06
▲ 60.8% since 2013

Iris Tam was paid $175,074.06 in total compensation as Senior Legal Counsel /Avocate principale at Metrolinx in 2020, 75% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Iris Tam has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2013, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $156,248.00 a year, up 61% over that span.

That is 26% above the average disclosed pay of $138,712.41 across 4,713 listed Metrolinx employees.

$175,074.06
Latest compensation
in 2020
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$156,248.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+60.8%
Career growth
since 2013
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$96K$119K$142K$164K$187K20132014201520162017201820192020
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Iris Tam's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2019 · $178,735.38
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$156,248.00
Total growth since 2013+60.8%
Biggest raise+35.5% (2014)
Biggest drop-2.0% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2020Latest
Senior Legal Counsel /Avocate principale$175,074.06▼ 2.0%
2019★ Best
Senior Legal Counsel /Avocate principale↑ role changed$178,735.38▲ 5.1%
2018
Senior Legal Counsel/Avocate principale↑ role changed$170,104.72▲ 5.2%
2017
Senior Legal Counsel /Avocate principale↑ role changed$161,646.40▲ 2.9%
2016
Legal Counsel↑ role changed$157,043.49▲ 4.0%
2015
Legal Counsel II / Avocate-conseil II↑ role changed$150,934.59▲ 2.3%
2014
Legal Counsel / Avocate-conseil↑ role changed$147,546.85▲ 35.5%
2013First
Legal Counsel$108,902.42
8 years total$1.2M total$156,248.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Senior Legal Counsel /Avocate principale
Employer
Metrolinx
Sector
Crown Agencies
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2020
Years on list
8

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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