Carleton University vs Queen's University: who pays more?
Carleton University had 1,390 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $158,571, Queen's University 1,469 with a median of $173,378 — Queen's University pays its listed staff 9% more at the median, and Queen's University lists 1.1× as many people.
On the list
- Carleton University
- 1,390
- Queen's University
- 1,469
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- Carleton University
- $158,571
- Queen's University
- $173,378
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- Carleton University
- $159,897
- Queen's University
- $174,914
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- Carleton University
- $222.3M
- Queen's University
- $257.4M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- Carleton University
- Queen's University
Median salary paid on each employer’s Sunshine List filing. A gap is a year the employer filed nobody under this name.
Year by year
| Year | Carleton University | Queen's University | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 1,390 | $158,571 | 1,469 | $173,378 |
| 2024 | 1,561 | $148,850 | 1,476 | $169,746 |
| 2023 | 1,209 | $146,229 | 1,415 | $169,195 |
| 2022 | 1,152 | $146,642 | 1,314 | $157,120 |
| 2021 | 1,087 | $145,633 | 1,286 | $157,709 |
| 2020 | 1,011 | $145,811 | 1,219 | $155,774 |
| 2019 | 967 | $143,232 | 1,134 | $155,151 |
| 2018 | 938 | $143,733 | 1,070 | $158,494 |
| 2017 | 863 | $133,155 | 1,039 | $149,776 |
| 2016 | 839 | $133,381 | 1,018 | $147,459 |
| 2015 | 778 | $131,655 | 995 | $145,926 |
| 2014 | 735 | $130,166 | 961 | $145,162 |
| 2013 | 698 | $128,727 | 945 | $140,185 |
| 2012 | 645 | $128,424 | 946 | $137,127 |
| 2011 | 631 | $128,322 | 918 | $135,803 |
| 2010 | 541 | $122,825 | 884 | $132,149 |
| 2009 | 516 | $122,089 | 839 | $127,531 |
| 2008 | 464 | $119,686 | 766 | $125,006 |
| 2007 | 433 | $120,011 | 667 | $120,414 |
| 2006 | 290 | $113,967 | 572 | $117,712 |
| 2005 | 275 | $112,897 | 502 | $115,891 |
| 2004 | 250 | $110,682 | 392 | $114,835 |
| 2003 | 198 | $108,849 | 333 | $112,438 |
| 2002 | 136 | $106,757 | 258 | $112,520 |
| 2001 | 102 | $104,994 | 203 | $110,633 |
| 2000 | 68 | $102,452 | 147 | $110,190 |
| 1999 | 37 | $102,386 | 112 | $111,283 |
| 1998 | 15 | $106,865 | 91 | $109,813 |
| 1997 | 15 | $107,009 | 74 | $110,402 |
| 1996 | 19 | $104,748 | 66 | $110,051 |
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Method. Medians and averages are salary paid; listed payroll is total compensation (salary plus taxable benefits), as filed. Both sides come from the same Ontario Sunshine List, which covers only public-sector employees paid $100,000 or more — so this compares the shape of each employer’s six-figure payroll, not its whole workforce, and an employer with more low-paid staff simply lists fewer of them. A side with fewer than five people keeps its count but shows “<5” instead of a median, average or payroll figure, since any of those would be that handful of people’s own numbers. Sector: Universities. Data runs through 2025.