Carleton University

1996–2025 · 17,848 total records

1,390 employees (2025)$139,782 avg salary$222.3M total payroll (2025)29 years on list

Highest paid all-time

FERIDUN HAMDULLAHPUR

Vice-President (Research and International)

$515,248

2009

DAVID ATKINSON

Faculty Member

$487,160

2007

Thomas Tomberlin

President and Vice Chancellor

$423,964

2024

Wisdom Tettey

President and Vice Chancellor

$452,889

2025

Peter Ricketts

Faculty Member

$398,490

2017

Benoit-Antoine Bacon

President and Vice-Chancellor

$402,970

2022

Malcolm Butler

Faculty Member

$394,048

2017

Roseann Runte

President

$401,945

2017

Benoit-Antoine Bacon

President and Vice-Chancellor

$401,759

2021

Benoit-Antoine Bacon

President and Vice-Chancellor

$381,912

2023

Headcount & Salary Trends

Employees earning $100k+ per year · bars = headcount, lines = salary

Year-by-Year Breakdown

2025-11.0% headcount

Employees

1,390

Avg Salary

$159,897

Median

$158,571

Total Payroll

$222.3M

2024+29.1% headcount

Employees

1,561

Avg Salary

$155,392

Median

$148,850

Total Payroll

$242.6M

2023+4.9% headcount

Employees

1,209

Avg Salary

$148,715

Median

$146,229

Total Payroll

$179.8M

2022+6.0% headcount

Employees

1,152

Avg Salary

$147,689

Median

$146,642

Total Payroll

$170.1M

2021+7.5% headcount

Employees

1,087

Avg Salary

$147,113

Median

$145,633

Total Payroll

$159.9M

2020+4.6% headcount

Employees

1,011

Avg Salary

$146,298

Median

$145,811

Total Payroll

$147.9M

2019+3.1% headcount

Employees

967

Avg Salary

$144,830

Median

$143,232

Total Payroll

$140.1M

2018+8.7% headcount

Employees

938

Avg Salary

$145,557

Median

$143,733

Total Payroll

$136.5M

2017+2.9% headcount

Employees

863

Avg Salary

$136,719

Median

$133,155

Total Payroll

$118.0M

2016+7.8% headcount

Employees

839

Avg Salary

$136,955

Median

$133,381

Total Payroll

$114.9M

2015+5.9% headcount

Employees

778

Avg Salary

$134,961

Median

$131,655

Total Payroll

$105.0M

2014+5.3% headcount

Employees

735

Avg Salary

$132,799

Median

$130,166

Total Payroll

$97.6M

2013+8.2% headcount

Employees

698

Avg Salary

$131,155

Median

$128,727

Total Payroll

$91.5M

2012+2.2% headcount

Employees

645

Avg Salary

$130,509

Median

$128,424

Total Payroll

$84.2M

2011+16.6% headcount

Employees

631

Avg Salary

$130,602

Median

$128,322

Total Payroll

$82.4M

2010+4.8% headcount

Employees

541

Avg Salary

$126,591

Median

$122,825

Total Payroll

$68.5M

2009+11.2% headcount

Employees

516

Avg Salary

$126,662

Median

$122,089

Total Payroll

$65.4M

2008+7.2% headcount

Employees

464

Avg Salary

$123,937

Median

$119,686

Total Payroll

$57.5M

2007+49.3% headcount

Employees

433

Avg Salary

$123,825

Median

$120,011

Total Payroll

$53.6M

2006+5.5% headcount

Employees

290

Avg Salary

$117,846

Median

$113,967

Total Payroll

$34.2M

2005+10.0% headcount

Employees

275

Avg Salary

$115,621

Median

$112,897

Total Payroll

$31.8M

2004+26.3% headcount

Employees

250

Avg Salary

$112,622

Median

$110,682

Total Payroll

$28.2M

2003+45.6% headcount

Employees

198

Avg Salary

$111,617

Median

$108,849

Total Payroll

$22.1M

2002+33.3% headcount

Employees

136

Avg Salary

$108,869

Median

$106,757

Total Payroll

$14.8M

2001+50.0% headcount

Employees

102

Avg Salary

$107,993

Median

$104,994

Total Payroll

$11.0M

2000+83.8% headcount

Employees

68

Avg Salary

$106,352

Median

$102,452

Total Payroll

$7.2M

1999+146.7% headcount

Employees

37

Avg Salary

$107,665

Median

$102,386

Total Payroll

$4.0M

1998-21.1% headcount

Employees

15

Avg Salary

$115,735

Median

$106,865

Total Payroll

$1.7M

1996

Employees

19

Avg Salary

$108,487

Median

$104,748

Total Payroll

$2.1M

Data sourced from the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure. This site is independent and not affiliated with the Government of Ontario. Always verify against the official source.