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On the 2021 Sunshine List · 4 years

Richard Zemel

Research Director · Vector Institute
2021 Total Compensation Paid
$118,462.00
▼ 39.2% since 2017

Richard Zemel was paid $118,462.00 in total compensation as Research Director at Vector Institute in 2021, 18% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Richard Zemel has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2017, earning $713K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $178,333.00 a year, down 39% over that span.

That is 27% below the average disclosed pay of $163,240.69 across 72 listed Vector Institute employees.

$118,462.00
Latest compensation
in 2021
$713K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$178,333.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-39.2%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$104K$130K$157K$183K$210K2017201820192021
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2019 · $200,000.00
Lifetime total compensation$713K
Annual average$178,333.00
Total growth since 2017-39.2%
Biggest raise+2.6% (2018)
Biggest drop-40.8% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2021Latest
Research Director$118,462.00▼ 40.8%
2019★ Best
Research Director$200,000.00▲ 0.0%
2018
Research Director$200,000.00▲ 2.6%
2017First
Research Director$194,871.76
4 years total$713K total$178,333.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Research Director
Sector
Other Public Sector Employers
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2021
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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