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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 11 years

James Nicholson

Thermal Operating Technician · Ontario Power Generation
Thermal Operating TechnicianOntarioFirst listed 2015
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$122,829.72
▲ 14.4% since 2015

James Nicholson was paid $122,829.72 in total compensation as Thermal Operating Technician at Ontario Power Generation in 2025, 23% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

James Nicholson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 11 times since 2015, earning $1.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $135,763.00 a year, up 14% over that span.

That is 28% below the average disclosed pay of $170,201.67 across 10,346 listed Ontario Power Generation employees.

$122,829.72
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.5M
Total compensation
across 11 years
$135,763.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+14.4%
Career growth
since 2015
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FIG. 01

11 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$96K$117K$138K$159K$180K20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How James Nicholson's total compensation has moved across 11 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $172,443.54
Lifetime total compensation$1.5M
Annual average$135,763.00
Total growth since 2015+14.4%
Biggest raise+27.0% (2024)
Biggest drop-28.8% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

11 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Thermal Operating Technician$122,829.72▼ 28.8%
2024★ Best
Thermal Operating Technician$172,443.54▲ 27.0%
2023
$135,786.88▼ 11.3%
2022
Thermal Operating Technician$153,017.75▼ 1.4%
2021
Thermal Operating Technician$155,182.96▲ 8.4%
2020
Thermal Operating Technician$143,111.35▲ 17.4%
2019
Thermal Operating Technician$121,905.98▼ 9.2%
2018
Thermal Operating Technician↑ role changed$134,323.13▲ 4.7%
2017
Nuclear Operator$128,312.64▲ 7.7%
2016
Nuclear Operator↑ role changed$119,111.71▲ 10.9%
2015First
Nuclear Operator in Training$107,364.76
11 years total$1.5M total$135,763.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Thermal Operating Technician
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2015
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
11

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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