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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Melissa Lee

Secondary Principal · Durham District School Board
Secondary PrincipalOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$151,654.06
▲ 49.1% since 2017

Melissa Lee was paid $151,654.06 in total compensation as Secondary Principal at Durham District School Board in 2025, 52% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melissa Lee has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $126,187.00 a year, up 49% over that span.

That is 27% above the average disclosed pay of $119,062.83 across 3,944 listed Durham District School Board employees.

$151,654.06
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$126,187.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+49.1%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$92K$110K$128K$147K$165K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $158,395.55
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$126,187.00
Total growth since 2017+49.1%
Biggest raise+14.0% (2024)
Biggest drop-5.9% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Secondary Principal$151,654.06▼ 4.3%
2024★ Best
Secondary Principal$158,395.55▲ 14.0%
2023
$138,924.53▲ 10.3%
2022
Secondary Vice Principal$125,978.68▲ 8.6%
2021
Secondary Vice Principal$115,985.50▼ 5.9%
2020
Secondary Vice Principal$123,244.66▲ 9.7%
2019
Secondary Vice Principal$112,305.79▲ 4.5%
2018
Secondary Vice Principal$107,457.34▲ 5.6%
2017First
Secondary Vice Principal$101,735.94
9 years total$1.1M total$126,187.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Secondary Principal
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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