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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 17 years

Sam Melkonian

Faculty Member · Carleton University
Faculty MemberOntarioFirst listed 2009
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$215,464.25
▲ 74.4% since 2009

Sam Melkonian was paid $215,464.25 in total compensation as Faculty Member at Carleton University in 2025, 115% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Sam Melkonian has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $2.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $161,386.00 a year, up 74% over that span.

That is 35% above the average disclosed pay of $159,896.51 across 1,390 listed Carleton University employees.

$215,464.25
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.7M
Total compensation
across 17 years
$161,386.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+74.4%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

17 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$106K$137K$169K$200K$231K20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Sam Melkonian's total compensation has moved across 17 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $219,565.97
Lifetime total compensation$2.7M
Annual average$161,386.00
Total growth since 2009+74.4%
Biggest raise+14.7% (2014)
Biggest drop-8.8% (2012)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

17 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Faculty Member$215,464.25▼ 1.9%
2024★ Best
Faculty Member$219,565.97▲ 14.4%
2023
$192,006.57▲ 1.6%
2022
Faculty Member$188,904.23▲ 2.4%
2021
Faculty Member$184,491.46▲ 11.0%
2020
Faculty Member$166,261.64▲ 3.6%
2019
Faculty Member$160,432.85▼ 6.9%
2018
Faculty Member$172,352.75▲ 9.7%
2017
Faculty Member$157,103.50▲ 1.0%
2016
Faculty Member$155,524.40▲ 3.1%
2015
Faculty Member$150,783.40▲ 3.4%
2014
Faculty Member$145,875.53▲ 14.7%
2013
Faculty Member$127,148.23▲ 3.0%
2012
Faculty Member$123,467.15▼ 8.8%
2011
Faculty Member$135,312.34▲ 8.0%
2010
Faculty Member$125,285.00▲ 1.4%
2009First
Faculty Member$123,578.63
17 years total$2.7M total$161,386.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Employee details

Position
Faculty Member
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
17

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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