University of Ottawa vs University of St. Michael's College: who pays more?
University of Ottawa had 2,861 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $144,819, University of St. Michael's College 40 with a median of $153,153 — University of St. Michael's College pays its listed staff 6% more at the median, and University of Ottawa lists 72× as many people.
On the list
- University of Ottawa
- 2,861
- University of St. Michael's College
- 40
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- University of Ottawa
- $144,819
- University of St. Michael's College
- $153,153
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- University of Ottawa
- $158,196
- University of St. Michael's College
- $164,084
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- University of Ottawa
- $452.7M
- University of St. Michael's College
- $6.6M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- University of Ottawa
- University of St. Michael's College
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 | University of Ottawa | University of St. Michael's College | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 2,861 | $144,819 | 40 | $153,153 |
| 2024 | 2,244 | $160,342 | 38 | $146,070 |
| 2023 | 2,047 | $151,849 | 39 | $139,465 |
| 2022 | 1,949 | $153,018 | 30 | $127,899 |
| 2021 | 1,850 | $153,279 | 25 | $127,693 |
| 2020 | 1,675 | $154,271 | 26 | $133,423 |
| 2019 | 1,595 | $153,684 | 22 | $131,452 |
| 2018 | 1,530 | $150,159 | 20 | $137,408 |
| 2017 | 1,496 | $148,005 | 20 | $122,581 |
| 2016 | 1,440 | $143,194 | 24 | $126,407 |
| 2015 | 1,400 | $139,168 | 20 | $119,347 |
| 2014 | 1,279 | $136,994 | 17 | $119,599 |
| 2013 | 1,246 | $136,210 | 17 | $121,102 |
| 2012 | 1,047 | $129,308 | 14 | $115,531 |
| 2011 | 1,023 | $127,645 | 13 | $107,044 |
| 2010 | 967 | $126,911 | 13 | $102,255 |
| 2009 | 861 | $125,466 | 13 | $104,659 |
| 2008 | 685 | $118,823 | 6 | $112,377 |
| 2007 | 627 | $119,297 | 5 | $109,554 |
| 2006 | 650 | $123,727 | <5 | <5 |
| 2005 | 369 | $113,153 | — | — |
| 2004 | 341 | $112,404 | — | — |
| 2003 | 303 | $113,834 | — | — |
| 2002 | 260 | $112,565 | — | — |
| 2001 | 207 | $112,783 | — | — |
| 2000 | 148 | $110,600 | — | — |
| 1999 | 155 | $109,136 | — | — |
| 1998 | 126 | $108,154 | — | — |
| 1997 | 107 | $106,980 | — | — |
| 1996 | 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.