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On the 2019 Sunshine List · 5 years

Kara Collins

Director, Content Marketing and Communications · MaRS Discovery District
2019 Total Compensation Paid
$153,723.53
▲ 42.6% since 2015

Kara Collins was paid $153,723.53 in total compensation as Director, Content Marketing and Communications at MaRS Discovery District in 2019, 54% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Kara Collins has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2015, earning $624K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $124,822.00 a year, up 43% over that span.

That is 2% above the average disclosed pay of $150,021.88 across 42 listed MaRS Discovery District employees.

$153,723.53
Latest compensation
in 2019
$624K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$124,822.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+42.6%
Career growth
since 2015
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$98K$113K$129K$144K$159K20152016201720182019
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2019 · $153,723.53
Lifetime total compensation$624K
Annual average$124,822.00
Total growth since 2015+42.6%
Biggest raise+14.8% (2017)
Biggest drop-1.5% (2016)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2019Latest★ Best
Director, Content Marketing and Communications$153,723.53▲ 14.2%
2018
Director, Content Marketing and Communications↑ role changed$134,606.00▲ 10.5%
2017
Director, Content Marketing and Communications / Directrice, Marketing de contenu et communications↑ role changed$121,863.63▲ 14.8%
2016
Senior Manager, Communications / Gestionnaire principale, Communications↑ role changed$106,139.44▼ 1.5%
2015First
Senior Manager, Communications / Gestionnaire principal, Communications$107,776.56
5 years total$624K total$124,822.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Director, Content Marketing and Communications
Sector
Other Public Sector Employers
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2015
Latest disclosure
2019
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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