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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 7 years

Melissa Hietikko

PrincipalOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$171,279.83
▲ 69.4% since 2019

Melissa Hietikko was paid $171,279.83 in total compensation as Principal at Peel District School Board in 2025, 71% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melissa Hietikko has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2019, earning $888K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $126,829.00 a year, up 69% over that span.

That is 42% above the average disclosed pay of $120,458.93 across 8,462 listed Peel District School Board employees.

$171,279.83
Latest compensation
in 2025
$888K
Total compensation
across 7 years
$126,829.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+69.4%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$89K$111K$134K$157K$180K2019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Melissa Hietikko's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $171,279.83
Lifetime total compensation$888K
Annual average$126,829.00
Total growth since 2019+69.4%
Biggest raise+28.9% (2024)
Biggest drop-1.2% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Principal$171,279.83▲ 11.0%
2024
Principal$154,367.30▲ 28.9%
2023
$119,779.23▲ 1.1%
2022
Vice Principal$118,531.78▲ 7.1%
2021
Vice Principal$110,670.50▼ 1.2%
2020
Vice Principal$112,037.87▲ 10.8%
2019First
Vice Principal$101,137.57
7 years total$888K total$126,829.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Principal
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
7

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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