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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Melissa Shields

Elementary Principal · Durham District School Board
Elementary PrincipalOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$152,760.42
▲ 50.2% since 2017

Melissa Shields was paid $152,760.42 in total compensation as Elementary Principal at Durham District School Board in 2025, 53% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melissa Shields has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2017, earning $798K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $132,955.00 a year, up 50% over that span.

That is 28% above the average disclosed pay of $119,062.83 across 3,944 listed Durham District School Board employees.

$152,760.42
Latest compensation
in 2025
$798K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$132,955.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+50.2%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$89K$112K$134K$156K$179K201720182019202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Melissa Shields's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $170,313.38
Lifetime total compensation$798K
Annual average$132,955.00
Total growth since 2017+50.2%
Biggest raise+40.1% (2023)
Biggest drop-10.3% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Elementary Principal$152,760.42▼ 10.3%
2024★ Best
Elementary Principal$170,313.38▲ 8.3%
2023
$157,215.42▲ 40.1%
2019
Elementary Principal↑ role changed$112,237.98▲ 8.4%
2018
Elementary Vice Principal$103,500.06▲ 1.8%
2017First
Elementary Vice Principal$101,703.13
6 years total$798K total$132,955.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Elementary Principal
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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