Employer public compensation profile

Royal Ontario Museum public compensation profile, 2025

Royal Ontario Museum appears in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure with 200 disclosed records, $27,122,134 in salary paid, and a median disclosed salary of $117,784. These figures reflect disclosed records only and should not be interpreted as total workforce compensation, total institutional payroll, or an allegation of wrongdoing.

Key disclosed metrics

Disclosed records200public salary disclosure rows, not necessarily unique full-time employees
Disclosed payroll$27.1M$27,122,134 salary paid across disclosed records, not total employer payroll
Median disclosed salary$117,784median salary paid among disclosed records only
Average disclosed salaryNot availableaverage salary paid among disclosed records only
Taxable benefits$60.5K$60,548 reported taxable benefits, not total benefits or pension value
Benefits-to-salary ratio0.22%reported taxable benefits divided by disclosed salary paid
Inferred placeOntario / not location-specificplatform-generated label, not an official Ontario field

Visible metric definitions

Disclosed records
Public salary disclosure rows, not necessarily unique full-time employees.
Disclosed payroll
Salary paid across disclosed records, not total employer payroll.
Median disclosed salary
Median salary paid among disclosed records only.
Taxable benefits
Reported taxable benefits, not total benefits or pension value.
Role family
Platform-generated heuristic from position title.
Inferred place
Platform-generated label, not an official Ontario field.

Responsible interpretation

No wrongdoing implied

  • Appearing in Ontario public salary disclosure does not imply wrongdoing, misconduct, scandal, or any allegation.
  • Salary paid is not total compensation and does not include all possible pension, benefit, overtime-context, or employment-history details.
  • Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
  • Totals are affected by employer scale, occupational mix, overtime, retroactive payments, one-time payments, partial-year service, and duplicate appearances.
  • Role-family and inferred-place labels are platform-generated heuristics.
  • Use the source attribution, methodology, and corrections / privacy review links for review.

Sector context

Within this sector’s disclosed records, Royal Ontario Museum can be compared with the Crown Agencies sector by disclosed record count, salary paid, median disclosed salary, and average disclosed salary where available. This is context for transparency and benchmarking, not a measure of performance, value, efficiency, quality, or compensation fairness.

Employer metrics compared with sector disclosed-record metrics
MetricRoyal Ontario MuseumCrown Agencies sectorContext
Disclosed records20019,0871.0% of sector disclosed records
Disclosed payroll / salary paid$27,122,134$2,653,155,0631.0% of sector salary paid
Median disclosed salary$117,784$126,260Median salary paid among disclosed records only.
Average disclosed salaryNot availableNot availableAverage salary paid among disclosed records only.

Role-family mix

Role families summarize disclosed position titles using neutral, platform-generated heuristics. They do not assess performance, efficiency, quality, or institutional value.

Top role families by disclosed payroll
Role familyDisclosed recordsDisclosed payrollMedian disclosed salary
Other disclosed roles94$11,538,183$111,860
Executive and senior leadership32$6,221,509$176,784
Finance, administration and operations38$4,682,578$119,123
Teaching and school administration20$2,739,269$136,077
Engineering, planning and infrastructure10$1,144,829$105,561
Digital, data and technology4$446,790$106,334
Academic and research2$348,975$174,487

Salary-band distribution

Salary bands summarize disclosed salary-paid records only.

Salary-band distribution for disclosed salary-paid records only
Salary bandDisclosed recordsSalary paid
100–125k121$13,343,045
125–150k36$4,957,122
150–200k24$3,993,678
200–300k15$3,374,755
300–500k3$933,754
500k+1$519,780

Selected high-disclosure records

Highest disclosed salary records for this employer are shown neutrally and without person-profile links. Disclosure alone does not imply wrongdoing.

Selected high-disclosure records for this employer
PositionRole familySalary paidTaxable benefitsYear
Director and Chief Executive Officer/Directeur généralExecutive and senior leadership$519,780$2,9102025
Deputy Director and Chief Financial Officer/ Sous-directeur et directeur financierExecutive and senior leadership$311,251$6372025
Deputy Director, Collections and Research and Chief Innovation Officer / Sous-directrice des collections et de la recherche, et directrice de l'innovationExecutive and senior leadership$311,251$11,7042025
Deputy Director, Engagement /Sous-directrice, Engagement des publicsOther disclosed roles$311,251$6372025
Dan Mishra Curator and Head, Art and Culture/Cheffe et conservatrice Dan Mishra, Art et cultureOther disclosed roles$258,054$3532025
Chief Digital Officer/Directeur de la stratégie numériqueExecutive and senior leadership$250,102$5362025
Teck Chair of Mineralogy and Head, Natural History/Titulaire de la chaire Teck en minéralogie et directrice, Histoire naturelleAcademic and research$239,190$3532025
Co-Chief Curator, Art and Culture/Co-conservateur en chef, Art et cultureExecutive and senior leadership$227,695$4822025
Chief Human Resources Officer/ Cheffe des ressources humainesExecutive and senior leadership$224,349$4822025
Chief of Public Affairs, Board Secretary and Privacy Officer/ Cheffe des affaires publiques, secrétaire du conseil d'administration et responsable de la confidentialitéExecutive and senior leadership$224,349$4822025
Chief Facilities Officer/Directeur des installationsExecutive and senior leadership$224,349$4822025
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer/Directrice, Marketing et communicationsExecutive and senior leadership$224,349$4822025

Questions this page can help answer

How large is this employer’s disclosed footprint?

Use disclosed records and disclosed payroll to understand the employer’s presence in Ontario’s public salary disclosure.

What kinds of roles appear most often?

Use role-family mix to see broad position-title patterns among disclosed records.

How does this compare within the sector?

Use the sector context table for cautious disclosed-record benchmarking within Crown Agencies.

Source, methodology, and corrections

This profile is based on Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure source data as processed for public-interest analysis. Review source attribution, methodology, and correction options before relying on any single figure.

Employer profile questions and answers

What does this employer profile show?

This profile summarizes Royal Ontario Museum disclosed records in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure, including salary paid, taxable benefits, role-family mix, salary bands, and sector context.

Does appearing in salary disclosure imply wrongdoing?

No. Appearing in public salary disclosure does not imply wrongdoing, misconduct, scandal, excess, or any allegation.

Are disclosed records the same as full-time employees?

No. Disclosed records are public disclosure rows and are not necessarily unique full-time employees.

Is role family an official Ontario field?

No. Role family is a platform-generated heuristic based on position title and is not an official Ontario field.

How should median salary be interpreted?

Median disclosed salary is the middle salary paid among disclosed records only, not total workforce compensation or a labour-market statistic.

Where can corrections or privacy concerns be raised?

Use the corrections / privacy review page linked from this profile to raise spelling, classification, context, or privacy concerns.