The number of employees at the City of Mississauga who are paid over $100,000 is on the rise.

On Friday, March 23, the Ontario government published its annual Sunshine List of public sector employees with six-figure salaries. In Mississauga, there are 1,048 staffers earning more than $100,000. This is a six per cent increase over last year, which saw 984 employees make the list.

Topping the list was city manager and chief administrative officer Janice Baker, who brought home $284,809 in 2017.

Following Baker was a two-way tie between the commissioners of community services, Paul Mitcham and planning and development, Ed Sajecki. Both had annual earnings of $224,452.

Gary Kent, commissioner of corporate services, was paid $220,344. City solicitor Mary Ellen Bench also appeared on the list, earning $213,102.

The city’s newest commissioner, Geoff Wright, was paid $214,027 for heading the transportation and works department.

Mayor Bonnie Crombie was the only member of council to appear on the list, earning $139,374. Crombie froze her salary at that amount in January 2015 during her first year of budget deliberations.

In addition to her city salary, Crombie also received payment from the Region of Peel, as well as the various boards and committees she sat on in 2017, including police services and Merge Co., the utility board which oversaw the transition from Enersource to Alectra Utilities.

The other eleven Mississauga councillors managed to evade the list, even though they receive two paycheques that when coupled, add up to roughly $145,000 from both the City of Mississauga and the Region of Peel.

Toronto city councillors earn roughly $110,000.