Nipissing University vs University of Ottawa: who pays more?
Nipissing University had 163 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $156,324, University of Ottawa 2,861 with a median of $144,819 — that is 8% more at the median for Nipissing University, and University of Ottawa lists 18× as many people.
On the list
- Nipissing University
- 163
- University of Ottawa
- 2,861
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- Nipissing University
- $156,324
- University of Ottawa
- $144,819
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- Nipissing University
- $153,664
- University of Ottawa
- $158,196
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- Nipissing University
- $25.2M
- University of Ottawa
- $452.7M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- Nipissing 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 | Nipissing University | University of Ottawa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 163 | $156,324 | 2,861 | $144,819 |
| 2024 | 165 | $149,979 | 2,244 | $160,342 |
| 2023 | 171 | $146,798 | 2,047 | $151,849 |
| 2022 | 168 | $142,289 | 1,949 | $153,018 |
| 2021 | 173 | $137,120 | 1,850 | $153,279 |
| 2020 | 172 | $133,927 | 1,675 | $154,271 |
| 2019 | 169 | $129,091 | 1,595 | $153,684 |
| 2018 | 170 | $125,304 | 1,530 | $150,159 |
| 2017 | 160 | $121,603 | 1,496 | $148,005 |
| 2016 | 158 | $120,294 | 1,440 | $143,194 |
| 2015 | 104 | $113,579 | 1,400 | $139,168 |
| 2014 | 145 | $114,838 | 1,279 | $136,994 |
| 2013 | 119 | $114,843 | 1,246 | $136,210 |
| 2012 | 104 | $113,521 | 1,047 | $129,308 |
| 2011 | 88 | $114,188 | 1,023 | $127,645 |
| 2010 | 68 | $112,146 | 967 | $126,911 |
| 2009 | 56 | $114,406 | 861 | $125,466 |
| 2008 | 41 | $117,022 | 685 | $118,823 |
| 2007 | 42 | $116,447 | 627 | $119,297 |
| 2006 | 33 | $114,501 | 650 | $123,727 |
| 2005 | 29 | $111,987 | 369 | $113,153 |
| 2004 | 24 | $105,935 | 341 | $112,404 |
| 2003 | 11 | $134,024 | 303 | $113,834 |
| 2002 | 9 | $130,782 | 260 | $112,565 |
| 2001 | 9 | $127,769 | 207 | $112,783 |
| 2000 | 12 | $118,005 | 148 | $110,600 |
| 1999 | 8 | $115,217 | 155 | $109,136 |
| 1998 | 6 | $115,621 | 126 | $108,154 |
| 1997 | — | — | 107 | $106,980 |
| 1996 | <5 | <5 | 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.