Waterloo Region District School Board

2006–2025 · 21,756 total records

3,302 employees (2025)$113,232 avg salary$391.3M total payroll (2025)20 years on list

Highest paid all-time

Jeewan Chanicka

Director of Education

$322,249

2024

Robert Miller

Director of Education

$298,652

2025

Jeewan Chanicka

Director of Education

$291,174

2023

Alana Russell

Chief Communications Officer

$280,591

2023

Jeewan Chanicka

Director of Education

$277,102

2025

John Bryant

Director of Education

$257,996

2020

Robert Miller

Associate Director

$249,372

2023

Graham Shantz

Associate Director

$249,101

2023

Robert Miller

Director of Education

$249,066

2024

Matthew Gerard

Superintendent of Business Services

$248,202

2022

Headcount & Salary Trends

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

Year-by-Year Breakdown

2025-9.4% headcount

Employees

3,302

Avg Salary

$118,517

Median

$116,487

Total Payroll

$391.3M

2024+45.5% headcount

Employees

3,643

Avg Salary

$129,708

Median

$132,735

Total Payroll

$472.5M

2023+2.0% headcount

Employees

2,504

Avg Salary

$106,611

Median

$103,015

Total Payroll

$267.0M

2022-0.8% headcount

Employees

2,456

Avg Salary

$106,675

Median

$103,015

Total Payroll

$262.0M

2021+10.1% headcount

Employees

2,477

Avg Salary

$107,322

Median

$104,140

Total Payroll

$265.8M

2020+178.1% headcount

Employees

2,250

Avg Salary

$106,007

Median

$101,769

Total Payroll

$238.5M

2019+26.8% headcount

Employees

809

Avg Salary

$109,216

Median

$105,884

Total Payroll

$88.4M

2018+16.6% headcount

Employees

638

Avg Salary

$110,572

Median

$105,255

Total Payroll

$70.5M

2017+57.6% headcount

Employees

547

Avg Salary

$110,254

Median

$104,804

Total Payroll

$60.3M

2016-8.9% headcount

Employees

347

Avg Salary

$113,733

Median

$112,354

Total Payroll

$39.5M

2015-11.6% headcount

Employees

381

Avg Salary

$110,480

Median

$106,009

Total Payroll

$42.1M

2014+4.1% headcount

Employees

431

Avg Salary

$110,509

Median

$104,566

Total Payroll

$47.6M

2013+2.0% headcount

Employees

414

Avg Salary

$110,435

Median

$107,023

Total Payroll

$45.7M

2012+40.0% headcount

Employees

406

Avg Salary

$110,765

Median

$106,695

Total Payroll

$45.0M

2011-23.7% headcount

Employees

290

Avg Salary

$112,976

Median

$111,443

Total Payroll

$32.8M

2010+91.0% headcount

Employees

380

Avg Salary

$110,158

Median

$107,997

Total Payroll

$41.9M

2009+38.2% headcount

Employees

199

Avg Salary

$110,369

Median

$108,114

Total Payroll

$22.0M

2008+38.5% headcount

Employees

144

Avg Salary

$108,167

Median

$104,744

Total Payroll

$15.6M

2007+205.9% headcount

Employees

104

Avg Salary

$106,755

Median

$101,336

Total Payroll

$11.1M

2006

Employees

34

Avg Salary

$116,384

Median

$107,956

Total Payroll

$4.0M

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.