Paula Bender was paid $177,071.12 in total compensation as Superintendent of Education at Waterloo Region District School Board in 2025, 77% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Paula Bender has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 13 times since 2009, earning $1.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $132,016.00 a year, up 76% over that span.
That is 49% above the average disclosed pay of $118,516.90 across 3,302 listed Waterloo Region District School Board employees.
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13 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Paula Bender's total compensation has moved across 13 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
13 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $177,071.12 | ▲ 3.5% |
2024 | $171,149.51 | ▲ 22.3% |
2023 | $139,931.52 | ▼ 1.1% |
2022 | $141,416.63 | ▲ 2.7% |
2021 | $137,686.12 | ▼ 3.8% |
2020 | $143,174.76 | ▲ 11.6% |
2019 | $128,329.22 | ▲ 5.9% |
2018 | $121,230.05 | ▲ 3.8% |
2017 | $116,773.85 | ▲ 3.4% |
2016 | $112,921.44 | ▲ 0.4% |
2015 | $112,419.96 | ▼ 1.0% |
2014 | $113,568.79 | ▲ 13.0% |
2009First | $100,538.87 | — |
| 13 years total | $1.7M total | $132,016.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Superintendent of Education
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 13
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