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On the 2023 Sunshine List · 8 years

Michael Cowan

OntarioFirst listed 2016
2023 Total Compensation Paid
$160,046.92
▲ 41.1% since 2016

Michael Cowan was paid $160,046.92 in total compensation as an employee at Ontario Power Generation in 2023, 60% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michael Cowan has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2016, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $135,295.00 a year, up 41% over that span.

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

$160,046.92
Latest compensation
in 2023
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$135,295.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+41.1%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$105K$120K$135K$150K$166K20162017201820192020202120222023
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2023 · $160,046.92
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$135,295.00
Total growth since 2016+41.1%
Biggest raise+8.7% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2023Latest★ Best
$160,046.92▲ 1.7%
2022
Project Site Manager$157,332.44▲ 6.8%
2021
Project Site Manager↑ role changed$147,285.93▲ 8.7%
2020
Projects/Contract Specialist$135,508.98▲ 5.5%
2019
Projects/Contract Specialist$128,497.55▲ 4.8%
2018
Projects/Contract Specialist$122,669.18▲ 4.3%
2017
Projects/Contract Specialist$117,560.96▲ 3.6%
2016First
Projects/Contract Specialist$113,456.55
8 years total$1.1M total$135,295.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
Latest disclosure
2023
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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