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Queen's University vs University of Ottawa: who pays more?

Queen's University had 1,469 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $173,378, University of Ottawa 2,861 with a median of $144,819 — Queen's University pays its listed staff 20% more at the median, and University of Ottawa lists 1.9× as many people.

On the list

Queen's University
1,469
University of Ottawa
2,861

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Queen's University
$173,378
University of Ottawa
$144,819

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Queen's University
$174,914
University of Ottawa
$158,196

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Queen's University
$257.4M
University of Ottawa
$452.7M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • Queen's University
  • University of Ottawa
Queen's University and University of Ottawa, 1996–2025Queen's University: $110,051 in 1996 to $173,378 in 2025. University of Ottawa: $104,691 in 1996 to $144,819 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

Queen's University and University of Ottawa by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearQueen's UniversityUniversity of Ottawa
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20251,469$173,3782,861$144,819
20241,476$169,7462,244$160,342
20231,415$169,1952,047$151,849
20221,314$157,1201,949$153,018
20211,286$157,7091,850$153,279
20201,219$155,7741,675$154,271
20191,134$155,1511,595$153,684
20181,070$158,4941,530$150,159
20171,039$149,7761,496$148,005
20161,018$147,4591,440$143,194
2015995$145,9261,400$139,168
2014961$145,1621,279$136,994
2013945$140,1851,246$136,210
2012946$137,1271,047$129,308
2011918$135,8031,023$127,645
2010884$132,149967$126,911
2009839$127,531861$125,466
2008766$125,006685$118,823
2007667$120,414627$119,297
2006572$117,712650$123,727
2005502$115,891369$113,153
2004392$114,835341$112,404
2003333$112,438303$113,834
2002258$112,520260$112,565
2001203$110,633207$112,783
2000147$110,190148$110,600
1999112$111,283155$109,136
199891$109,813126$108,154
199774$110,402107$106,980
199666$110,05176$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.