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.
Meena Ashtakala
Meena Ashtakala served as the Informatics Specialist at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton in 2024, received an annual salary of $125,564.85 and a taxable benefit of $317.80, as indicated by the Government of Ontario's Sunshine list. Meena has held the same position since 2021 has been receiving six-figure yearly compensation.
$125,882.65
Total paid in 2024
$125,564.85
Salary
$317.80
Taxable Benefit
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Female Very high confidence |
Find Meena on LinkedIn| Job Title : | Informatics Specialist |
| Employer : | St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton |
| Sector : | Hospitals and Boards of Public Health |
| Year : | 2024 |
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Between 2018 and 2024, Meena experienced an average annual increase of approximately 3.55% in annual salary, including taxable benefits at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. By 2024, Meena's total pay had risen by 22.94% compared to the pay in 2018. Notably, during Meena's tenure as Informatics Specialist, there has been a significant 18.19% rise in compensation over the past 3 years. 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 | Informatics Specialist | $125,565 | $318 | ⇧ 5.62% |
| 2023 | Informatics Specialist | $118,899 | $290 | ⇧ 2.90% |
| 2022 | Informatics Specialist | $115,473 | $351 | ⇧ 8.75% |
| 2021 | Informatics Specialist | $106,097 | $407 | ⇩ -1.05% |
| 2020 | Clinical Informatics Specialist | $107,164 | $473 | ⇧ 4.96% |
| 2019 | Application Specialist | $102,087 | $460 | ⇧ 0.15% |
| 2018 | Application Specialist | $101,866 | $530 |
The 2024 Sunshine List has 14 employees who held exactly same position title ( Informatics Specialist ) in the St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton.
10 out of 14 employees
| Full Name | Salary | Taxable Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Meena Ashtakala | $125,565 | $318 |
| Behrooz Borhani | $109,685 | $276 |
| Gabriel Bucoy | $111,460 | $291 |
| Tonya Cartmell | $122,708 | $318 |
| Alyssa Dimachkie | $113,937 | $288 |
| Benjamin England | $121,796 | $296 |
| Piriye Gabriel-Whyte | $121,727 | $296 |
| Nataliya Gavrilenko | $126,326 | $318 |
| Diklat Georgees | $117,867 | $288 |
| Yayoi Goto | $141,960 | $343 |
The 2024 Sunshine List has 116 employees who held comparable positions in Ontario.
10 out of 116 employees
| Full Name | Job Title | Employer | Total Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yayoi Goto | Informatics Specialist | St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton | $142,303 |
| Maggie Yu | Informatics Specialist | St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton | $141,649 |
| Amanda Russell | Clinical Informatics Specialist | Timmins and District Hospital | $138,746 |
| Dexter Drayton | Informatics Specialist | Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion | $137,347 |
| Kerry-sue Abela | Specialist, Clinical Informatics | Joseph Brant Hospital | $136,907 |
| Tina Holden | Clinical Informatics Specialist | London Health Sciences Centre | $135,558 |
| Heather Brown | Health Informatics Support Specialist | Manitoulin Health Centre | $133,785 |
| Sophia Mathew | Imaging Informatics Specialist | Scarborough Health Network | $131,413 |
| Michael Apostol | Imaging Informatics Specialist | Scarborough Health Network | $130,380 |
| Vivian Ng | Integrated Clinical Pharmacy Lead Informatics Specialist | Grand River Hospital Corporation | $130,197 |