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MICHAEL HIGGINS

President/Professor at University Of Waterloo. On Ontario’s disclosure list 10 years between 1997 and 2006.

Salary disclosure2006
MICHAEL HIGGINS
President/Professor
University Of Waterloo
Salary paid
$285,593.58
Taxable benefits
$2,693.84
Total disclosed
$288,287.42
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2005: +$67,906 (+31.2%)
10years on
the list

Among 581 people at University Of Waterloo in 2006

4th highest paid. Their median: $123,159.

Paid more than 98% of everyone on the 2006 disclosure list, which only lists people paid $100,000 or more.

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Salary by year

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YearSalaryMedian for the job
1997$104,815$105,295
1998$112,847$105,629
1999$130,889
2000$140,076
2001$146,304
2002$153,656
2003$162,790$198,373
2004$183,658
2005$217,688$116,752
2006$285,594

History

YearEmployer and jobSalaryBenefitsChange
2006University Of WaterlooPresident/Professor$285,594$2,694+$67,906
2005University Of WaterlooProfessor$217,688$916+$34,029
2004University Of WaterlooPresident/Professor$183,658$887+$20,869
2003University Of WaterlooPresident$162,790$353+$9,133
2002University Of WaterlooPresident / Professor$153,656$957+$7,353
2001University Of WaterlooPresident St. Jeromes University$146,304$301+$6,227
2000University Of WaterlooPresident St Jeromes University$140,076$0+$9,187
1999University Of WaterlooPresident St Jeromes University$130,889$0+$18,042
1998University Of WaterlooProfessor · moved here$112,847$0+$8,032
1997WaterlooProf.$104,815$170

Years at different employers were matched because the name appears once on each year’s list with the same job or sector. Salary paid can include overtime, retroactive pay and one-time payments. Figures are exactly as Ontario published them. How we match years · Report a mistake or ask for removal