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On the 2023 Sunshine List · 8 years

Donald Cumming

OntarioFirst listed 2013
2023 Total Compensation Paid
$117,945.14
▼ 17.3% since 2013

Donald Cumming was paid $117,945.14 in total compensation as an employee at Carleton University in 2023, 18% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Donald Cumming has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2013, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $146,641.00 a year, down 17% over that span.

That is 26% below the average disclosed pay of $159,896.51 across 1,390 listed Carleton University employees.

$117,945.14
Latest compensation
in 2023
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$146,641.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-17.3%
Career growth
since 2013
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$111K$124K$137K$151K$164K20132014201520162017201820192023
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Donald Cumming's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2019 · $159,031.10
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$146,641.00
Total growth since 2013-17.3%
Biggest raise+2.0% (2014)
Biggest drop-25.8% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2023Latest
$117,945.14▼ 25.8%
2019★ Best
Director of University Communications$159,031.10▲ 1.9%
2018
Director of University Communications$156,117.53▲ 1.9%
2017
Director of University Communications$153,205.71▲ 1.7%
2016
Director of University Communications↑ role changed$150,642.46▲ 1.7%
2015
Director, University Communications↑ role changed$148,073.60▲ 1.8%
2014
Director of University Communications↑ role changed$145,503.99▲ 2.0%
2013First
Director$142,609.84
8 years total$1.2M total$146,641.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2023
Years on list
8

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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