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.
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6 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Melissa Shields's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
6 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest | $152,760.42 | ▼ 10.3% |
2024★ Best | $170,313.38 | ▲ 8.3% |
2023 | $157,215.42 | ▲ 40.1% |
2019 | $112,237.98 | ▲ 8.4% |
2018 | $103,500.06 | ▲ 1.8% |
2017First | $101,703.13 | — |
| 6 years total | $798K total | $132,955.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Elementary Principal
- Employer
- Durham District School Board
- 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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