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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Michael Barnhart

Deputy Director · Solicitor General
Deputy DirectorOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$150,223.21
▲ 26.6% since 2019

Michael Barnhart was paid $150,223.21 in total compensation as Deputy Director at Solicitor General in 2025, 50% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michael Barnhart has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2019, earning $815K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $135,816.00 a year, up 27% over that span.

That is 14% above the average disclosed pay of $131,360.02 across 5,958 listed Solicitor General employees.

$150,223.21
Latest compensation
in 2025
$815K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$135,816.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+26.6%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$112K$124K$137K$149K$162K201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $157,023.42
Lifetime total compensation$815K
Annual average$135,816.00
Total growth since 2019+26.6%
Biggest raise+18.7% (2024)
Biggest drop-4.3% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Deputy Director$150,223.21▼ 4.3%
2024★ Best
Deputy Director$157,023.42▲ 18.7%
2022
Deputy Director$132,288.02▼ 0.7%
2021
Deputy Director↑ role changed$133,282.89▲ 8.0%
2020
Chief Instructor$123,396.26▲ 4.0%
2019First
Chief Instructor$118,684.78
6 years total$815K total$135,816.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Deputy Director
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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