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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Michelle Rustja

Secondary Teacher Department Head · York Catholic District School Board
Secondary Teacher Department HeadOntarioFirst listed 2016
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$119,217.50
▲ 16.1% since 2016

Michelle Rustja was paid $119,217.50 in total compensation as Secondary Teacher Department Head at York Catholic District School Board in 2025, 19% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michelle Rustja has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2016, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $117,455.00 a year, up 16% over that span.

That is 2% below the average disclosed pay of $122,017.39 across 2,870 listed York Catholic District School Board employees.

$119,217.50
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$117,455.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+16.1%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$98K$107K$116K$125K$134K201620172018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Michelle Rustja's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2018 · $130,280.24
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$117,455.00
Total growth since 2016+16.1%
Biggest raise+17.6% (2018)
Biggest drop-14.9% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Secondary Teacher Department Head$119,217.50▲ 14.5%
2024
Secondary Teacher Department Head$104,126.09▼ 14.9%
2022
Secondary Teacher Department Head$122,329.04▲ 2.3%
2021
Secondary Teacher Department Head$119,608.14▼ 1.9%
2020
Secondary Teacher Department Head$121,941.68▼ 3.3%
2019
Secondary Teacher Department Head$126,146.20▼ 3.2%
2018★ Best
Secondary Teacher Department Head$130,280.24▲ 17.6%
2017
Secondary Teacher Department Head↑ role changed$110,780.73▲ 7.9%
2016First
Department Head Special Education$102,663.65
9 years total$1.1M total$117,455.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Secondary Teacher Department Head
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

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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