Michael Castellani was paid $181,564.53 in total compensation as Elementary Principal at Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board in 2025, 82% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Michael Castellani has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 15 times since 2011, earning $1.9M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $126,942.00 a year, up 75% over that span.
That is 40% above the average disclosed pay of $130,141.79 across 3,046 listed Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board employees.
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15 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Michael Castellani's total compensation has moved across 15 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
15 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $181,564.53 | ▲ 11.4% |
2024 | $162,931.97 | ▲ 21.0% |
2023 | $134,635.32 | ▲ 1.7% |
2022 | $132,349.78 | ▲ 4.0% |
2021 | $127,198.81 | ▼ 7.7% |
2020 | $137,785.21 | ▲ 10.4% |
2019 | $124,798.91 | ▼ 1.3% |
2018 | $126,440.07 | ▲ 3.3% |
2017 | $122,368.00 | ▲ 5.5% |
2016 | $115,974.11 | ▲ 0.6% |
2015 | $115,295.68 | ▲ 5.6% |
2014 | $109,216.55 | ▲ 2.9% |
2013 | $106,094.20 | ▲ 2.5% |
2012 | $103,535.14 | ▼ 0.4% |
2011First | $103,937.31 | — |
| 15 years total | $1.9M total | $126,942.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Elementary Principal
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2011
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 15
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