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On the 2021 Sunshine List · 7 years

Melissa Comes

Elementary Principal · Durham District School Board
Elementary PrincipalSchool BoardsOntarioFirst listed 2015
2021 Total Compensation Paid
$125,158.95
▲ 22.5% since 2015

Melissa Comes was paid $125,158.95 in total compensation as Elementary Principal at Durham District School Board in 2021, 25% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melissa Comes has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2015, earning $818K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $116,819.00 a year, up 23% over that span.

That is 5% above the average disclosed pay of $119,062.83 across 3,944 listed Durham District School Board employees.

$125,158.95
Latest compensation
in 2021
$818K
Total compensation
across 7 years
$116,819.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+22.5%
Career growth
since 2015
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$96K$107K$118K$129K$139K2015201620172018201920202021
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Melissa Comes's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2020 · $135,338.15
Lifetime total compensation$818K
Annual average$116,819.00
Total growth since 2015+22.5%
Biggest raise+11.8% (2020)
Biggest drop-7.5% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2021Latest
Elementary Principal$125,158.95▼ 7.5%
2020★ Best
Elementary Principal$135,338.15▲ 11.8%
2019
Elementary Principal$121,005.35▲ 5.8%
2018
Elementary Principal$114,396.31▲ 2.8%
2017
Elementary Principal$111,246.62▲ 2.6%
2016
Elementary Principal↑ role changed$108,426.90▲ 6.1%
2015First
Elementary Vice Principal$102,160.93
7 years total$818K total$116,819.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Elementary Principal
Sector
School Boards
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2015
Latest disclosure
2021
Years on list
7

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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