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Stephen Chiang

Assistant Director Strategic Communications Ministry Red Tape Reduction at Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade. On Ontario’s disclosure list 10 years between 2016 and 2025.

Salary disclosure2025
Stephen Chiang
Assistant Director Strategic Communications Ministry Red Tape Reduction
Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Salary paid
$164,541.12
Taxable benefits
$191.84
Total disclosed
$164,732.96
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2024: +$14,352 (+9.6%)
10years on
the list

Among 377 people at Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade in 2025

72nd highest paid. Their median: $129,341.

Paid more than 86% 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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YearSalary
2016$104,971
2017$106,550
2018$115,177
2019$116,892
2020$119,710
2021$122,095
2022$124,528
2023$133,634
2024$150,189
2025$164,541

History

YearEmployer and jobSalaryBenefitsChange
2025Economic Development, Job Creation and TradeAssistant Director Strategic Communications Ministry Red Tape Reduction$164,541$192+$14,352
2024Economic Development, Job Creation and TradeAssistant Director Strategic Communications Ministry Red Tape Reduction$150,189$174+$16,555
2023Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade / Développement économique, Création d'emplois et CommerceManager, Issues, Media and Correspondence / Chef, Questions d’intérêt, relations avec les médias et correspondance · moved here$133,634$163+$9,106
2022Economic Development, Job Creation and TradeManager, Issues and Engagement$124,528$160+$2,433
2021Economic Development, Job Creation and TradeManager, Issues and Engagement$122,095$156+$2,385
2020Economic Development, Job Creation and TradeManager, Issues and Correspondence$119,710$153+$2,819
2019Economic Development, Job Creation and TradeManager, Issues and Correspondence · moved here$116,892$156+$1,715
2018International TradeManager, Strategic Communications$115,177$170+$8,627
2017International Trade / Commerce internationalManager, Strategic Communications / Chef, communications stratégiques · moved here$106,550$158+$1,579
2016International TradeManager, Strategic Communications / Chef, communications stratégiques$104,971$161

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Questions and answers

Why is Stephen Chiang on the disclosure list?

Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade paid Stephen Chiang $164,541 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