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Senior executive pay at Saskatchewan’s three largest Crown corporations has increased at more than double the rate of other employees.

Since 2007, senior management income at SaskTel, SaskPower and SaskEnergy has increased by 76 per cent.

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Over the same time span, employee salaries at those Crowns have gone up by 35 per cent.

With a combined cost of $14,180,830, the dollars spent on senior management compensation at the three big Crown corporations hit an all-time high over the 2018-19 fiscal year. The previous high-water mark was in 2015, when senior management incomes totalled $12,760,821.

The most staggering difference is the increase in senior management pay at SaskTel. Top brass at the telecom have seen their incomes rise by 107 per cent since 2007, while employees have seen an 11-per-cent increase.

Senior executive pay at SaskPower has increased 62 per cent since 2007, while employee pay has increased by 64 per cent.