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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 7 years

Melanie Palka

Teacher, Secondary · Toronto District School Board
Teacher, SecondaryOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$146,112.78
▲ 33.3% since 2017

Melanie Palka was paid $146,112.78 in total compensation as Teacher, Secondary at Toronto District School Board in 2025, 46% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melanie Palka has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2017, earning $877K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $125,225.00 a year, up 33% over that span.

That is 15% above the average disclosed pay of $126,653.61 across 14,085 listed Toronto District School Board employees.

$146,112.78
Latest compensation
in 2025
$877K
Total compensation
across 7 years
$125,225.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+33.3%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$101K$116K$131K$146K$161K2017202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $155,089.03
Lifetime total compensation$877K
Annual average$125,225.00
Total growth since 2017+33.3%
Biggest raise+34.8% (2024)
Biggest drop-5.8% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Teacher, Secondary$146,112.78▼ 5.8%
2024★ Best
Teacher, Secondary$155,089.03▲ 34.8%
2023
$115,048.55▼ 2.4%
2022
Teacher Secondary$117,835.48▼ 2.0%
2021
Teacher Secondary$120,258.23▲ 6.8%
2020
Teacher Secondary$112,627.85▲ 2.8%
2017First
Teacher Secondary$109,601.81
7 years total$877K total$125,225.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Teacher, Secondary
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
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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