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Hamilton-wentworth District School Board vs Waterloo Region District School Board: who pays more?

Hamilton-wentworth District School Board had 3,046 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $131,241, Waterloo Region District School Board 3,302 with a median of $116,487 — that is 13% more at the median for Hamilton-wentworth District School Board, and Waterloo Region District School Board lists 1.1× as many people.

On the list

Hamilton-wentworth District School Board
3,046
Waterloo Region District School Board
3,302

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Hamilton-wentworth District School Board
$131,241
Waterloo Region District School Board
$116,487

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Hamilton-wentworth District School Board
$130,142
Waterloo Region District School Board
$118,517

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Hamilton-wentworth District School Board
$396.4M
Waterloo Region District School Board
$391.7M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19982025

  • Hamilton-wentworth District School Board
  • Waterloo Region District School Board
Hamilton-wentworth District School Board and Waterloo Region District School Board, 1998–2025Hamilton-wentworth District School Board: $104,426 in 2000 to $131,241 in 2025. Waterloo Region District School Board: $107,956 in 2006 to $116,487 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K1998200720162025

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

Hamilton-wentworth District School Board and Waterloo Region District School Board by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearHamilton-wentworth District School BoardWaterloo Region District School Board
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20253,046$131,2413,302$116,487
20242,737$119,7373,643$132,735
20231,878$100,9472,504$103,015
20221,973$101,8312,456$103,015
20211,539$102,3332,477$104,140
20201,025$101,8712,250$101,769
2019795$102,615809$105,884
2018571$104,046638$105,255
2017450$104,894547$104,804
2016594$116,201347$112,354
2015301$117,718381$106,009
2014250$117,385431$104,566
2013275$114,986414$107,023
2012262$112,621406$106,695
2011230$114,809290$111,443
2010192$106,923380$107,997
2009169$109,245199$108,114
2008147$105,674144$104,744
2007124$102,824104$101,336
200657$107,32634$107,956
200541$105,240
200436$102,563
200313$126,903
20029$114,424
200114$108,489
200010$104,426
1999<5<5
1998<5<5

Related questions

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: School Boards. Data runs through 2025.