Jason Kenney has 19 political staffers who make over $100,000 a year. The highest makes over $224,000, which works out to nearly $20,000 a month. The lowest paid of those 19 makes over $114,000; that’s nearly $10,000 a month.
Title | Annual salary |
Principal Secretary | $224,137.94 |
Executive Assistant to the Premier | $114,559.38 |
Premier’s Speechwriter | $149,425.38 |
Caucus Affairs | $119,540.20 |
Executive Director, Premier’s Southern Alberta Office | $194,252.76 |
Special Advisor, Communications and Deputy Press Secretary | $124,521.28 |
Director of Talent | $149,425.38 |
Tour Manager | $114,556.00 |
Premier’s Chief of Staff | $224,137.94 |
Special Assistant to the Premier | $114,559.38 |
Director, Stakeholder Relations | $149,425.38 |
Principal Advisor | $194,252.76 |
Executive Director, Communications and Planning | $194,252.76 |
Deputy Director, Communications and Press Secretary | $159,387.02 |
Manager, Stakeholder Relations | $114,559.38 |
Special Advisor | $149,422.00 |
Director, Digital Strategy | $124,521.02 |
Director, Operations | $149,425.38 |
Executive Director, Issues Management | $194,253.02 |
Total | $2,958,614.36 |
Rachel Notley’s staff salary list for her first year had 1 more than Kenney’s, but she included assistants and receptionists.
Title | Annual salary |
Director, Issue Management | $159,387.02 |
Media Officer | $109,578.56 |
Communications Assistant | $72,720.44 |
Director, Tour and Scheduling | $149,425.38 |
Director, Correspondence | $69,512.30 |
Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff | $124,521.28 |
Appointments Coordinator | $93,640.04 |
Executive Assistant to the Premier | $84,674.46 |
Receptionist | $69,512.30 |
Deputy Chief of Staff | $174,329.74 |
Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff | $84,500.00 |
Administrative Assistant, Communications | $69,512.30 |
Director, Media Relations | $149,425.38 |
Administrative Assistant, Issues Management | $69,512.30 |
Coordinator, Stakeholder Relations | $114,559.38 |
Director, Appointments | $149,425.38 |
Chief of Staff | $224,137.94 |
Director, Special Projects | $149,425.38 |
Media Officer | $109,578.56 |
Tour Officer | $69,512.30 |
Total | $2,296,890.44 |
Notley spent $661,724 less on all her staff per year than Kenney is on his 19 most expensive.
Doug Ford, by comparison, has 24 staff making over $100,000 (as of 2018). Kenney has 19. Ontario has 3.5 times the population.
Also interesting, Kenney is spending 68¢ per capita on these 19 staffers. Notley spent 52¢ for all her staffers in her first year. Ford spent 32¢ per capita. Kenney is spending twice as much on his staff per capita than Ford is.