Derek Wels was paid $186,321.26 in total compensation as Mechanical Technician at Ontario Power Generation in 2025, 86% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Derek Wels has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $141,587.00 a year, up 79% over that span.
That is 9% above the average disclosed pay of $170,201.67 across 10,346 listed Ontario Power Generation employees.
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9 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Derek Wels's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
9 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $186,321.26 | ▲ 11.8% |
2024 | $166,662.85 | ▲ 3.8% |
2023 | $160,588.60 | ▲ 23.0% |
2022 | $130,592.90 | ▼ 11.0% |
2021 | $146,656.58 | ▼ 0.6% |
2020 | $147,477.29 | ▲ 23.1% |
2019 | $119,771.85 | ▲ 6.9% |
2018 | $112,076.60 | ▲ 7.6% |
2017First | $104,136.85 | — |
| 9 years total | $1.3M total | $141,587.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Mechanical Technician
- Employer
- Ontario Power Generation
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2017
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 9
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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