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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Tamara Schmelzle

Principal/ElementaryOntarioFirst listed 2018
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$164,702.99
▲ 54.1% since 2018

Tamara Schmelzle was paid $164,702.99 in total compensation as Principal/Elementary at Waterloo Region District School Board in 2025, 65% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Tamara Schmelzle has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2018, earning $980K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $122,478.00 a year, up 54% over that span.

That is 39% above the average disclosed pay of $118,516.90 across 3,302 listed Waterloo Region District School Board employees.

$164,702.99
Latest compensation
in 2025
$980K
Total compensation
across 8 years
$122,478.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+54.1%
Career growth
since 2018
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$96K$115K$134K$153K$172K20182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Tamara Schmelzle's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $164,702.99
Lifetime total compensation$980K
Annual average$122,478.00
Total growth since 2018+54.1%
Biggest raise+30.5% (2024)
Biggest drop-0.3% (2019)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Principal/Elementary$164,702.99▲ 8.3%
2024
Principal/Elementary$152,011.69▲ 30.5%
2023
$116,508.10▲ 3.3%
2022
Vice Principal/Elementary$112,734.81▲ 2.0%
2021
Vice Principal/Elementary$110,516.99▲ 0.5%
2020
Vice Principal/Elementary↑ role changed$109,947.30▲ 3.2%
2019
Consultant/Curriculum$106,529.54▼ 0.3%
2018First
Consultant/Curriculum$106,870.01
8 years total$980K total$122,478.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Principal/Elementary
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2018
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
8

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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