Carleton University vs University of Ottawa: who pays more?
In 2025 Carleton University listed 1,390 employees with a median of $158,571; University of Ottawa listed 2,861 with a median of $144,819 — that is 9% more at the median for Carleton University, and University of Ottawa lists 2.1× as many people.
On the list
- Carleton University
- 1,390
- University of Ottawa
- 2,861
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- Carleton University
- $158,571
- University of Ottawa
- $144,819
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- Carleton University
- $159,897
- University of Ottawa
- $158,196
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- Carleton University
- $222.3M
- University of Ottawa
- $452.7M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- Carleton University
- University of Ottawa
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 | University of Ottawa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 1,390 | $158,571 | 2,861 | $144,819 |
| 2024 | 1,561 | $148,850 | 2,244 | $160,342 |
| 2023 | 1,209 | $146,229 | 2,047 | $151,849 |
| 2022 | 1,152 | $146,642 | 1,949 | $153,018 |
| 2021 | 1,087 | $145,633 | 1,850 | $153,279 |
| 2020 | 1,011 | $145,811 | 1,675 | $154,271 |
| 2019 | 967 | $143,232 | 1,595 | $153,684 |
| 2018 | 938 | $143,733 | 1,530 | $150,159 |
| 2017 | 863 | $133,155 | 1,496 | $148,005 |
| 2016 | 839 | $133,381 | 1,440 | $143,194 |
| 2015 | 778 | $131,655 | 1,400 | $139,168 |
| 2014 | 735 | $130,166 | 1,279 | $136,994 |
| 2013 | 698 | $128,727 | 1,246 | $136,210 |
| 2012 | 645 | $128,424 | 1,047 | $129,308 |
| 2011 | 631 | $128,322 | 1,023 | $127,645 |
| 2010 | 541 | $122,825 | 967 | $126,911 |
| 2009 | 516 | $122,089 | 861 | $125,466 |
| 2008 | 464 | $119,686 | 685 | $118,823 |
| 2007 | 433 | $120,011 | 627 | $119,297 |
| 2006 | 290 | $113,967 | 650 | $123,727 |
| 2005 | 275 | $112,897 | 369 | $113,153 |
| 2004 | 250 | $110,682 | 341 | $112,404 |
| 2003 | 198 | $108,849 | 303 | $113,834 |
| 2002 | 136 | $106,757 | 260 | $112,565 |
| 2001 | 102 | $104,994 | 207 | $112,783 |
| 2000 | 68 | $102,452 | 148 | $110,600 |
| 1999 | 37 | $102,386 | 155 | $109,136 |
| 1998 | 15 | $106,865 | 126 | $108,154 |
| 1997 | 15 | $107,009 | 107 | $106,980 |
| 1996 | 19 | $104,748 | 76 | $104,691 |
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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.