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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Marialena Watson

Principal/ElementaryOntarioFirst listed 2020
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$161,334.69
▲ 43.1% since 2020

Marialena Watson was paid $161,334.69 in total compensation as Principal/Elementary at Waterloo Region District School Board in 2025, 61% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Marialena Watson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $783K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $130,549.00 a year, up 43% over that span.

That is 36% above the average disclosed pay of $118,516.90 across 3,302 listed Waterloo Region District School Board employees.

$161,334.69
Latest compensation
in 2025
$783K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$130,549.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+43.1%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$102K$118K$134K$151K$167K202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Marialena Watson's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $161,334.69
Lifetime total compensation$783K
Annual average$130,549.00
Total growth since 2020+43.1%
Biggest raise+24.6% (2024)
Biggest drop-1.8% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Principal/Elementary$161,334.69▲ 4.5%
2024
Principal/Elementary$154,342.57▲ 24.6%
2023
$123,871.17▲ 2.9%
2022
Principal/Elementary↑ role changed$120,398.88▲ 8.8%
2021
Vice Principal/Elementary$110,639.39▼ 1.8%
2020First
Vice Principal/Elementary$112,708.07
6 years total$783K total$130,549.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Principal/Elementary
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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