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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 7 years

John Palonen

Supervising Nuclear Operator First Line Manager Assistant · Ontario Power Generation
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$180,445.87
▲ 68.4% since 2019

John Palonen was paid $180,445.87 in total compensation as Supervising Nuclear Operator First Line Manager Assistant at Ontario Power Generation in 2025, 80% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

John Palonen has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2019, earning $1.0M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $145,426.00 a year, up 68% over that span.

That is 6% above the average disclosed pay of $170,201.67 across 10,346 listed Ontario Power Generation employees.

$180,445.87
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.0M
Total compensation
across 7 years
$145,426.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+68.4%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$93K$119K$144K$170K$196K2019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How John Palonen's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $186,551.90
Lifetime total compensation$1.0M
Annual average$145,426.00
Total growth since 2019+68.4%
Biggest raise+47.5% (2023)
Biggest drop-3.3% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Supervising Nuclear Operator First Line Manager Assistant$180,445.87▼ 3.3%
2024★ Best
Supervising Nuclear Operator First Line Manager Assistant$186,551.90▲ 4.4%
2023
$178,672.41▲ 47.5%
2022
Supervising Nuclear Operator First Line Manager Assistant$121,144.40▼ 2.7%
2021
Supervising Nuclear Operator First Line Manager Assistant↑ role changed$124,507.78▲ 4.2%
2020
Nuclear Operator$119,537.51▲ 11.6%
2019First
Nuclear Operator$107,124.34
7 years total$1.0M total$145,426.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Supervising Nuclear Operator First Line Manager Assistant
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
7

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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