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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Melvin Happonen

ManagerOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$155,953.99
▲ 48.8% since 2019

Melvin Happonen was paid $155,953.99 in total compensation as Manager at Solicitor General in 2025, 56% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melvin Happonen has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2019, earning $730K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $121,631.00 a year, up 49% over that span.

That is 19% above the average disclosed pay of $131,360.02 across 5,958 listed Solicitor General employees.

$155,953.99
Latest compensation
in 2025
$730K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$121,631.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+48.8%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$96K$112K$129K$145K$162K201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $155,953.99
Lifetime total compensation$730K
Annual average$121,631.00
Total growth since 2019+48.8%
Biggest raise+25.1% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Manager$155,953.99▲ 25.1%
2024
Manager↑ role changed$124,631.11▲ 4.5%
2022
Project Lead$119,258.86▲ 4.2%
2021
Project Lead$114,437.02▲ 3.4%
2020
Project Lead↑ role changed$110,683.18▲ 5.6%
2019First
Superintendent$104,821.09
6 years total$730K total$121,631.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Manager
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
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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