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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Rodney Nelson

Faculty Member · Carleton University
Faculty MemberOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$165,358.37
▲ 54.6% since 2017

Rodney Nelson was paid $165,358.37 in total compensation as Faculty Member at Carleton University in 2025, 65% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Rodney Nelson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $134,834.00 a year, up 55% over that span.

That is 3% above the average disclosed pay of $159,896.51 across 1,390 listed Carleton University employees.

$165,358.37
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$134,834.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+54.6%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$95K$117K$138K$160K$181K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Rodney Nelson's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $173,342.47
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$134,834.00
Total growth since 2017+54.6%
Biggest raise+16.8% (2024)
Biggest drop-4.6% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Faculty Member↑ role changed$165,358.37▼ 4.6%
2024★ Best
Instructor$173,342.47▲ 16.8%
2023
$148,451.32▲ 6.3%
2022
Instructor$139,616.24▲ 11.0%
2021
Instructor$125,727.36▲ 3.3%
2020
Instructor$121,743.94▲ 4.3%
2019
Instructor$116,688.77▲ 1.0%
2018
Instructor$115,587.57▲ 8.0%
2017First
Instructor$106,991.64
9 years total$1.2M total$134,834.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Faculty Member
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

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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