The Ontario Sunshine List - Public Sector Salary Disclosure
The names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of public sector employees paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year.
Dhananjaya Niriella
Dhananjaya Niriella served as the Manager, Engineering at Municipality of Chatham-Kent in 2024, received an annual salary of $144,887.70 and a taxable benefit of $1,041.87, as indicated by the Government of Ontario's Sunshine list. Dhananjaya has held the same position since 2024 has been receiving six-figure yearly compensation.
$145,929.57
Total paid in 2024
$144,887.70
Salary
$1,041.87
Taxable Benefit
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Find Dhananjaya on LinkedIn| Job Title : | Manager, Engineering |
| Employer : | Municipality of Chatham-Kent |
| Sector : | Municipalities and Services |
| Year : | 2024 |
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Between 2018 and 2024, Dhananjaya experienced an average annual increase of approximately 4.88% in annual salary, including taxable benefits at Municipality of Chatham-Kent. By 2024, Dhananjaya's total pay had risen by 32.96% compared to the pay in 2018. Additional information can be found in the chart and table presented below.
Yearly Total Paid
| Year | Job Title | Salary | Taxable Benefit | Raise |
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| 2024 | Manager, Engineering | $144,888 | $1,042 | ⇧ 4.60% |
| 2023 | Project Engineer | $138,532 | $986 | ⇧ 6.69% |
| 2022 | Project Engineer | $129,848 | $924 | ⇧ 7.58% |
| 2021 | Project Engineer | $120,884 | $677 | ⇧ 3.23% |
| 2020 | Project Engineer | $117,101 | $653 | ⇧ 5.38% |
| 2019 | Project Engineer | $111,068 | $674 | ⇧ 1.81% |
| 2018 | Project Engineer | $109,000 | $758 |
The 2024 Sunshine List has 2 employees who held exactly same position title ( Manager, Engineering ) in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.
| Full Name | Salary | Taxable Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Brendan Falkner | $144,675 | $1,042 |
| Dhananjaya Niriella | $144,888 | $1,042 |
The 2024 Sunshine List has 599 employees who held comparable positions in Ontario.
10 out of 599 employees
| Full Name | Job Title | Employer | Total Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xu Cheng | Manager Design Engineering | Ontario Power Generation | $273,082 |
| Ramkumar Balakrishnan | Manager Engineering | Ontario Power Generation | $262,835 |
| Edward Soldo | General Manager, Infrastructure And Engineering Services | Municipality of Chatham-Kent | $248,736 |
| Robert Elliott | General Manager, Engineering, Planning And Environment | County of Simcoe | $231,335 |
| Harvey Saad | Senior Engineering Manager | Atura | $233,892 |
| Craig Kukavica | First Line Manager, Field Engineering | Ontario Power Generation | $224,181 |
| Nabeel Shabaneh | Senior Manager Design Engineering | Ontario Power Generation | $216,829 |
| Thomas Wong | Senior Manager, Performance Engineering | Ontario Power Generation | $216,587 |
| Jeyasuthan Alalasuntharam | Senior Manager Engineering | Ontario Power Generation | $213,443 |
| Jeffrey Wells | Senior Manager Engineering | Ontario Power Generation | $211,859 |