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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 5 years

Melissa Biederman

Elementary PrincipalOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$176,516.65
▲ 75.2% since 2019

Melissa Biederman was paid $176,516.65 in total compensation as Elementary Principal at Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board in 2025, 77% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melissa Biederman has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2019, earning $661K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $132,119.00 a year, up 75% over that span.

That is 36% above the average disclosed pay of $130,141.79 across 3,046 listed Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board employees.

$176,516.65
Latest compensation
in 2025
$661K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$132,119.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+75.2%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$87K$112K$136K$161K$186K20192022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Melissa Biederman's total compensation has moved across 5 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $176,516.65
Lifetime total compensation$661K
Annual average$132,119.00
Total growth since 2019+75.2%
Biggest raise+30.9% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Elementary Principal$176,516.65▲ 16.1%
2024
Elementary Principal$152,039.07▲ 30.9%
2023
$116,139.77▲ 0.9%
2022
Elementary Vice Principal↑ role changed$115,137.63▲ 14.3%
2019First
Elementary Teacher Consultant$100,759.66
5 years total$661K total$132,119.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Elementary Principal
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
5

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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