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On the 2021 Sunshine List · 5 years

Melissa Eldridge

Senior Legal CounselSchool BoardsOntarioFirst listed 2017
2021 Total Compensation Paid
$177,840.86
▲ 2.9% since 2017

Melissa Eldridge was paid $177,840.86 in total compensation as Senior Legal Counsel at Toronto Catholic District School Board in 2021, 78% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melissa Eldridge has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2017, earning $891K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $178,128.00 a year, up 3% over that span.

That is 36% above the average disclosed pay of $130,824.52 across 5,592 listed Toronto Catholic District School Board employees.

$177,840.86
Latest compensation
in 2021
$891K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$178,128.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+2.9%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$169K$175K$181K$186K$192K20172018201920202021
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2020 · $189,346.24
Lifetime total compensation$891K
Annual average$178,128.00
Total growth since 2017+2.9%
Biggest raise+7.6% (2020)
Biggest drop-6.1% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2021Latest
Senior Legal Counsel$177,840.86▼ 6.1%
2020★ Best
Senior Legal Counsel$189,346.24▲ 7.6%
2019
Senior Legal Counsel$176,000.08▲ 0.8%
2018
Senior Legal Counsel↑ role changed$174,555.98▲ 1.0%
2017First
Legal Counsel$172,894.46
5 years total$891K total$178,128.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Senior Legal Counsel
Sector
School Boards
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2021
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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