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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 4 years

Melissa Houghtaling

Assistant Professor · Queen's University
Assistant ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2022
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$106,212.78
▼ 4.6% since 2022

Melissa Houghtaling was paid $106,212.78 in total compensation as Assistant Professor at Queen's University in 2025, 6% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melissa Houghtaling has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2022, earning $450K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $112,620.00 a year, down 5% over that span.

That is 39% below the average disclosed pay of $174,913.95 across 1,469 listed Queen's University employees.

$106,212.78
Latest compensation
in 2025
$450K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$112,620.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-4.6%
Career growth
since 2022
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$103K$108K$114K$119K$125K2022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Melissa Houghtaling's total compensation has moved across 4 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2023 · $122,569.83
Lifetime total compensation$450K
Annual average$112,620.00
Total growth since 2022-4.6%
Biggest raise+10.1% (2023)
Biggest drop-10.0% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Assistant Professor$106,212.78▼ 3.8%
2024
Assistant Professor$110,364.30▼ 10.0%
2023★ Best
$122,569.83▲ 10.1%
2022First
Assistant Professor$111,334.32
4 years total$450K total$112,620.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Assistant Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2022
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
4

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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