One-Third of 360,000 Federal Employees Earned Six-Figure Salaries in 2023

One-Third of 360,000 Federal Employees Earned Six-Figure Salaries in 2023
An view of Parliament Hill in Ottawa in a file photo. More than 110,000 federal employees took home six-figure salaries in 2023, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Philip Yu/Unsplash.com
Andrew Chen
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More than 110,000 federal employees—approximately one-third of the total workforce—took home six-figure salaries in 2023, according to an advocacy group focused on taxpayers’ interests.

The number of federal workers reached 357,247 in 2023, marking a roughly 37 percent increase compared to the 262,817 workers reported in 2013, according to government data.