Steve Paikin
Host/Producer / Animateur/Producteur at Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario). On Ontario’s disclosure list 23 years between 2003 and 2025.
Host/Producer / Animateur/Producteur
Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario)
- Salary paid
- $241,445.52
- Taxable benefits
- $1,483.30
- Total disclosed
- $242,928.82
Change from 2024: −$128,495 (−34.7%)23years on
the list
Among 5 people with the title “Host/Producer / Animateur/Producteur” in 2025
Paid more than 80% of them. Their median: $159,519.
Among 74 people at Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario) in 2025
2nd highest paid. Their median: $110,361.
Paid more than 97% of everyone on the 2025 disclosure list, which only lists people paid $100,000 or more.
Salary by year
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| Year | Salary | Median for the job |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | $173,572 | |
| 2004 | $181,977 | $140,901 |
| 2005 | $214,037 | $140,610 |
| 2006 | $206,956 | |
| 2007 | $231,346 | |
| 2008 | $244,942 | |
| 2009 | $258,293 | |
| 2010 | $279,259 | |
| 2011 | $295,029 | |
| 2012 | $302,622 | |
| 2013 | $302,622 | |
| 2014 | $302,622 | |
| 2015 | $314,262 | |
| 2016 | $302,622 | |
| 2017 | $303,088 | |
| 2018 | $337,201 | |
| 2019 | $331,843 | |
| 2020 | $351,364 | |
| 2021 | $350,250 | |
| 2022 | $348,615 | |
| 2023 | $286,094 | |
| 2024 | $369,941 | |
| 2025 | $241,446 | $159,519 |
History
| Year | Employer and job | Salary | Benefits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario)Host/Producer / Animateur/Producteur | $241,446 | $1,483 | −$128,495 (−34.7%) |
| 2024 | Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario)Host/Producer / Animateur/Producteur | $369,941 | $2,893 | +$83,847 (+29.3%) |
| 2023 | Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario) / Office de la télécommunication éducative de l'Ontario (TVO)Host/Producer / Animateur/Producteur | $286,094 | $2,236 | −$62,521 (−17.9%) |
| 2022 | Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario)Host/Producer / Animateur/Producteur | $348,615 | $2,756 | −$1,636 (−0.5%) |
| 2021 | Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario)Host/Producer / Animateur/Producteur | $350,250 | $6,499 | −$1,113 (−0.3%) |
| 2020 | Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario)Host/Producer / Animateur/Producteur | $351,364 | $6,769 | +$19,520 (+5.9%) |
| 2019 | Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario)Host/Producer / Animateur/Producteur | $331,843 | $6,474 | −$5,358 (−1.6%) |
| 2018 | Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario)Host/Producer / Animateur/Producteur · moved here | $337,201 | $6,469 | +$34,113 (+11.3%) |
| 2017 | Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario) / Office de la télécommunication éducative de l'Ontario (TVO)Host/Producer / Animateur/Producteur · moved here | $303,088 | $6,355 | +$466 (+0.2%) |
| 2016 | Ontario Educational Communications AuthorityHost/Producer / Animateur/Producteur | $302,622 | $6,229 | −$11,639 (−3.7%) |
| 2015 | Ontario Educational Communications AuthorityHost/Producer / Animateur/Producteur | $314,262 | $6,277 | +$11,639 (+3.8%) |
| 2014 | Ontario Educational Communications AuthorityHost / Producer / Animateur / Producteur | $302,622 | $5,770 | −$0 (−0.0%) |
| 2013 | Ontario Educational Communications AuthorityHost/Producer | $302,622 | $5,196 | $0 (0.0%) |
| 2012 | Ontario Educational Communications AuthorityHost / Producer | $302,622 | $4,868 | +$7,594 (+2.6%) |
| 2011 | Ontario Educational Communications Authority / Office de la télécommunication éducative de l'OntarioHost/Producer / Animateur/Producteur · moved here | $295,029 | $4,790 | +$15,770 (+5.6%) |
| 2010 | Ontario Educational Communications AuthorityHost/Producer | $279,259 | $4,790 | +$20,966 (+8.1%) |
| 2009 | Ontario Educational Communications AuthorityHost/Producer · moved here | $258,293 | $5,429 | +$13,351 (+5.5%) |
| 2008 | Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TVOntario)Host/Producer | $244,942 | $4,535 | +$13,596 (+5.9%) |
| 2007 | Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TVO)Host/Producer · moved here | $231,346 | $4,474 | +$24,390 (+11.8%) |
| 2006 | Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TVOntario)Host/Producer · moved here | $206,956 | $4,272 | −$7,081 (−3.3%) |
| 2005 | OECA (TVOntario)Host, Producer · moved here | $214,037 | $3,772 | +$32,060 (+17.6%) |
| 2004 | OECAHost/Producer | $181,977 | $3,293 | +$8,405 (+4.8%) |
| 2003 | OECAHost/ Producer | $173,572 | $2,692 |
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Questions and answers
Why is Steve Paikin on the disclosure list?
Ontario Educational Communications Authority (TV Ontario) paid Steve Paikin $241,446 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