Royal Ontario Museum

1996–2025 · 983 total records

200 employees (2025)$139,681 avg salary$27.1M total payroll (2025)26 years on list

Highest paid all-time

Joshua Basseches

Director and Chief Executive Officer/Directeur général

$536,076

2024

Joshua Basseches

Director and Chief Executive Officer/Directeur général

$536,171

2022

Joshua Basseches

Director and Chief Executive Officer/Directeur g�n�ral

$534,726

2019

Joshua Basseches

Director and Chief Executive Officer/Directeur général

$528,530

2021

Joshua Basseches

Director and Chief Executive Officer/Directeur général

$522,690

2025

Joshua Basseches

Director and Chief Executive Officer/Directeur général

$517,914

2018

Joshua Basseches

Director and Chief Executive Officer/Directeur général

$473,834

2020

Janet Carding

Director and Chief Executive Officer / Directrice et chef de la direction

$411,157

2015

Joshua Basseches

Director and Chief Executive Officer

$413,543

2016

Mark Engstrom

Deputy Director, Collections and Research / Sous-directeur, Collections et recherche

$356,257

2016

Headcount & Salary Trends

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

Year-by-Year Breakdown

2025+166.7% headcount

Employees

200

Avg Salary

$135,611

Median

$117,784

Total Payroll

$27.1M

2024+11.9% headcount

Employees

75

Avg Salary

$148,264

Median

$125,475

Total Payroll

$11.1M

2022+21.8% headcount

Employees

67

Avg Salary

$148,631

Median

$128,246

Total Payroll

$10.0M

2021+37.5% headcount

Employees

55

Avg Salary

$155,936

Median

$143,438

Total Payroll

$8.6M

2020-29.8% headcount

Employees

40

Avg Salary

$149,372

Median

$127,011

Total Payroll

$6.0M

2019-1.7% headcount

Employees

57

Avg Salary

$148,137

Median

$119,426

Total Payroll

$8.4M

2018+31.8% headcount

Employees

58

Avg Salary

$139,768

Median

$118,172

Total Payroll

$8.1M

2016+0.0% headcount

Employees

44

Avg Salary

$145,986

Median

$112,823

Total Payroll

$6.4M

2015+41.9% headcount

Employees

44

Avg Salary

$136,953

Median

$116,759

Total Payroll

$6.0M

2014-11.4% headcount

Employees

31

Avg Salary

$136,374

Median

$116,410

Total Payroll

$4.2M

2013+12.9% headcount

Employees

35

Avg Salary

$132,992

Median

$126,369

Total Payroll

$4.7M

2012-3.1% headcount

Employees

31

Avg Salary

$133,039

Median

$127,625

Total Payroll

$4.1M

2010-8.6% headcount

Employees

32

Avg Salary

$135,118

Median

$124,429

Total Payroll

$4.3M

2009+40.0% headcount

Employees

35

Avg Salary

$125,672

Median

$116,833

Total Payroll

$4.4M

2008+8.7% headcount

Employees

25

Avg Salary

$136,500

Median

$119,042

Total Payroll

$3.4M

2007+15.0% headcount

Employees

23

Avg Salary

$135,144

Median

$116,436

Total Payroll

$3.1M

2006-4.8% headcount

Employees

20

Avg Salary

$136,266

Median

$119,937

Total Payroll

$2.7M

2005-8.7% headcount

Employees

21

Avg Salary

$133,620

Median

$117,895

Total Payroll

$2.8M

2004+15.0% headcount

Employees

23

Avg Salary

$134,590

Median

$118,104

Total Payroll

$3.1M

2003+25.0% headcount

Employees

20

Avg Salary

$122,838

Median

$107,145

Total Payroll

$2.5M

2002+45.5% headcount

Employees

16

Avg Salary

$129,423

Median

$107,574

Total Payroll

$2.1M

2000+22.2% headcount

Employees

11

Avg Salary

$135,586

Median

$110,046

Total Payroll

$1.5M

1999+200.0% headcount

Employees

9

Avg Salary

$133,744

Median

$140,613

Total Payroll

$1.2M

1998-25.0% headcount

Employees

3

Avg Salary

$137,053

Median

$119,953

Total Payroll

$411K

1997+0.0% headcount

Employees

4

Avg Salary

$134,432

Median

$121,056

Total Payroll

$538K

1996

Employees

4

Avg Salary

$126,797

Median

$120,582

Total Payroll

$507K

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.