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On the 2021 Sunshine List · 6 years

Drew Macdonald

Lead Distributed Systems Specialist · Ryerson University
2021 Total Compensation Paid
$110,795.18
▲ 4.7% since 2016

Drew Macdonald was paid $110,795.18 in total compensation as Lead Distributed Systems Specialist at Ryerson University in 2021, 11% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Drew Macdonald has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2016, earning $641K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $106,853.00 a year, up 5% over that span.

That is 29% below the average disclosed pay of $155,177.98 across 1,601 listed Ryerson University employees.

$110,795.18
Latest compensation
in 2021
$641K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$106,853.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+4.7%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$100K$103K$106K$110K$113K201620172018201920202021
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Drew Macdonald's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2021 · $110,795.18
Lifetime total compensation$641K
Annual average$106,853.00
Total growth since 2016+4.7%
Biggest raise+3.6% (2019)
Biggest drop-2.5% (2017)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2021Latest★ Best
Lead Distributed Systems Specialist$110,795.18▲ 0.9%
2020
Lead Distributed Systems Specialist$109,834.92▲ 2.0%
2019
Lead Distributed Systems Specialist$107,636.12▲ 3.6%
2018
Lead Distributed Systems Specialist↑ role changed$103,855.53▲ 0.7%
2017
Lead Distributed System Specialist↑ role changed$103,155.09▼ 2.5%
2016First
Lead Distributed Systems Specialist$105,839.55
6 years total$641K total$106,853.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Lead Distributed Systems Specialist
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
Latest disclosure
2021
Years on list
6

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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