Richard Zhao was paid $158,137.34 in total compensation as Senior Technical Engineer/Officer at Ontario Power Generation in 2025, 58% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Richard Zhao has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2018, earning $968K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $138,238.00 a year, up 34% over that span.
That is 7% below the average disclosed pay of $170,201.67 across 10,346 listed Ontario Power Generation employees.
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7 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Richard Zhao's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
7 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $158,137.34 | ▲ 0.6% |
2024 | $157,235.09 | ▲ 15.1% |
2022 | $136,629.93 | ▼ 1.0% |
2021 | $138,047.88 | ▲ 0.1% |
2020 | $137,932.19 | ▲ 13.7% |
2019 | $121,293.68 | ▲ 2.5% |
2018First | $118,386.64 | — |
| 7 years total | $968K total | $138,238.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Senior Technical Engineer/Officer
- Employer
- Ontario Power Generation
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2018
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 7
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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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