The so-called sunshine list was released at Friday afternoon, publicly displaying the names, positions, salaries and benefits of every government employee earning a base salary of $100,000 or higher.
The list was posted on the Government of Alberta website, and includes information about more than 3,000 public servants.
The province calls it a big step in improving transparency.
"We are delivering responsible, transparent change," said Don Scott, Associate Minister of Accountability. "This provides the architecture for the future."
The list shows Dr. James Talbot, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, made the highest salary last year, earning $346,763.07.
The biggest severance package in 2013 went to Assistant Deputy Minister, William Meade, who was paid $335,630.34.
In 2012, a severance of $478,776.64 was awarded to Public Service Commissioner, Dale Silver.
The majority of top salary earners were chief medical examiners.
On short notice, Crown prosecutors had to be removed from the list due to a court injunction.
Late Thursday afternoon, a Crown prosecutor - whose identity cannot be released under a publication ban – challenged the sunshine list in court, and the interim injunction she was seeking was granted.
A judge agreed with her challenge which argued that the information would put the Crown prosecutor’s safety and privacy at risk.
“Crown prosecutors undertake a lot of risks in the work that they do. They deal, often times, with dangerous people, people who are often motivated to do harm to Crown prosecutors,” said Paul Moreau, the lawyer representing the Crown prosecutor. “The more information that is out there in the public domain about a Crown prosecutor, the less secure they are.”
The next step for the Crown prosecutor will be setting further court dates, to argue whether Crown prosecutors will be kept off the list permanently.
Last minute adjustments, relating to the injunction, delayed the release of the list Friday.
With files from Bill Fortier
