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Sarah Stainton

Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau at Independent Electricity System Operator. On Ontario’s disclosure list 16 years between 2010 and 2025.

Salary disclosure2025
Sarah Stainton
Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau
Independent Electricity System Operator
Salary paid
$219,287.80
Taxable benefits
$383.96
Total disclosed
$219,671.76
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2024: +$10,327 (+4.9%)
16years on
the list

Among 18 people with the title “Senior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau” in 2025

Paid more than 44% of them. Their median: $220,526.

Among 1,002 people at Independent Electricity System Operator in 2025

65th highest paid. Their median: $155,810.

Paid more than 96% of everyone on the 2025 disclosure list, which only lists people paid $100,000 or more.

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Salary by year

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YearSalaryMedian for the job
2010$110,015$116,598
2011$112,224
2012$109,342
2013$134,087$137,933
2014$135,510$137,714
2015$168,167$150,663
2016$168,330$151,063
2017$168,822$169,117
2018$171,592$155,001
2019$181,517$180,183
2020$188,220$188,952
2021$196,534$191,499
2022$196,092$191,023
2023$209,933$210,252
2024$208,961$211,587
2025$219,288$220,526

History

YearEmployer and jobSalaryBenefitsChange
2025Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau$219,288$384+$10,327 (+4.9%)
2024Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau$208,961$374−$972 (−0.5%)
2023Independent Electricity System Operator / Opérateur indépendant de réseau d'électricitéSenior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau$209,933$416+$13,840 (+7.1%)
2022Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau$196,092$464−$442 (−0.2%)
2021Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau$196,534$453+$8,315 (+4.4%)
2020Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau$188,220$442+$6,702 (+3.7%)
2019Independent Electricity System OperatorSenior System Operator / Op�rateur principal du r�seau$181,517$461+$9,926 (+5.8%)
2018Independent Electricity System OperatorSystem Operator / Opérateur du réseau$171,592$557+$2,770 (+1.6%)
2017Independent Electricity System Operator / Opérateur indépendant de réseau d'électricitéSenior System Operator / Opérateur principal du réseau · moved here$168,822$543+$492 (+0.3%)
2016Independent Electricity System OperatorOperations Officer / Agent – Opérations$168,330$589+$163 (+0.1%)
2015Independent Electricity System OperatorOperations Officer / Agent – Opérations$168,167$589+$32,656 (+24.1%)
2014Independent Electricity System OperatorOperations Officer / Agent - Opérations$135,510$728+$1,423 (+1.1%)
2013Independent Electricity System OperatorOperations Officer$134,087$665+$24,746 (+22.6%)
2012Independent Electricity System OperatorEngineer/Technical Officer, Training$109,342$568−$2,883 (−2.6%)
2011Independent Electricity System OperatorEngineer/Technical Officer, Training$112,224$476+$2,210 (+2.0%)
2010Independent Electricity System OperatorEngineer/Officer, Solutions$110,015$445

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Questions and answers

Why is Sarah Stainton on the disclosure list?

Independent Electricity System Operator paid Sarah Stainton $219,288 in 2025. Ontario’s public employers must disclose everyone they paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year, under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.

What does “salary paid” include?

What the employer paid in the calendar year, so it can include overtime, retroactive pay, vacation payouts, severance or a partial year. Taxable benefits are listed separately. How the lists work

What do the comparisons mean?

Ranks and shares are among people on the same year’s list only: those with the same title, those at the same employer, or everyone listed. People paid under $100,000 are not on the list, so they are not counted.

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Years at different employers were matched because the name appears once on each year’s list with the same job or sector. Salary paid can include overtime, retroactive pay and one-time payments. Figures are exactly as Ontario published them. How we match years · Report a mistake or ask for removal