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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
19962025

  • Carleton University
  • Queen's University
Carleton University and Queen's University, 1996–2025Carleton University: $104,748 in 1996 to $158,571 in 2025. Queen's University: $110,051 in 1996 to $173,378 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K$200K1996200620152025

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

Carleton University and Queen's University by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCarleton UniversityQueen's University
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20251,390$158,5711,469$173,378
20241,561$148,8501,476$169,746
20231,209$146,2291,415$169,195
20221,152$146,6421,314$157,120
20211,087$145,6331,286$157,709
20201,011$145,8111,219$155,774
2019967$143,2321,134$155,151
2018938$143,7331,070$158,494
2017863$133,1551,039$149,776
2016839$133,3811,018$147,459
2015778$131,655995$145,926
2014735$130,166961$145,162
2013698$128,727945$140,185
2012645$128,424946$137,127
2011631$128,322918$135,803
2010541$122,825884$132,149
2009516$122,089839$127,531
2008464$119,686766$125,006
2007433$120,011667$120,414
2006290$113,967572$117,712
2005275$112,897502$115,891
2004250$110,682392$114,835
2003198$108,849333$112,438
2002136$106,757258$112,520
2001102$104,994203$110,633
200068$102,452147$110,190
199937$102,386112$111,283
199815$106,86591$109,813
199715$107,00974$110,402
199619$104,74866$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.