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On the 2016 Sunshine List · 7 years

Gary Schaffner

Department HeadSchool BoardsOntarioFirst listed 2010
2016 Total Compensation Paid
$105,423.89
▲ 3.1% since 2010

Gary Schaffner was paid $105,423.89 in total compensation as Department Head at Waterloo Region District School Board in 2016, 5% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Gary Schaffner has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2010, earning $731K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $104,456.00 a year, up 3% over that span.

That is 11% below the average disclosed pay of $118,516.90 across 3,302 listed Waterloo Region District School Board employees.

$105,423.89
Latest compensation
in 2016
$731K
Total compensation
across 7 years
$104,456.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+3.1%
Career growth
since 2010
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$98K$101K$104K$106K$109K2010201120122013201420152016
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2014 · $106,892.54
Lifetime total compensation$731K
Annual average$104,456.00
Total growth since 2010+3.1%
Biggest raise+3.4% (2012)
Biggest drop-1.3% (2015)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2016Latest
Department Head$105,423.89▼ 0.1%
2015
Department Head$105,491.83▼ 1.3%
2014★ Best
Department Head$106,892.54▲ 2.4%
2013
Department Head↑ role changed$104,343.41▼ 0.7%
2012
Assistant Head↑ role changed$105,094.61▲ 3.4%
2011
Department Head A↑ role changed$101,677.07▼ 0.6%
2010First
Assistant Head$102,269.63
7 years total$731K total$104,456.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Department Head
Sector
School Boards
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2010
Latest disclosure
2016
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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