Norquest College's Jodi Abbott third-highest paid college president

The president of Norquest College was paid a salary of$411,591 last year, making her the third-highest paid Albertacollege leader reported so far under new provincial compensation disclosure rules.

Inaddition to her salary,Jodi Abbottreceived $78,728 in non-cash benefits, bringingher total compensation to$490,319.

Abbott's compensation was released Tuesdayunder new provincial rules ordering agencies, boards and commissions to publicly postthe salaries of people making more than $125,000 a year by June 30.

• SAIT, NAIT and other colleges release salaries of top earners

David Ross, president of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technologyin Calgary, was the top earner reported so far, with a 2015 base salary of $489,071. His total compensation came to $518,375.

Glenn Feltham, his counterpart at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technologyin Edmonton, earned a base salary of $434,323 in 2015. His total compensation was $468,393.

Medicine Hat College disclosed the salaries of its high earners Tuesday. In 2015, college presidentDenise Henningearned $257,264 in salary and $29,763 in non-cash benefits, bringing her total compensation to $287,027.

Keyano College is the only Alberta college still to report salaries of its highest-paid staffers.However, the government has granted an extension tothe Fort McMurrayinstitutiondue to the wildfire which forced a month-long mandatory evacuation.

Three of Alberta's six universities have yet to postsalary disclosures. Athabasca, Mount Royaland MacEwan posted their salaries earlier this week.

Here are the salaries of the college and university presidents, broken down by base salary and total compensation,disclosed so far:

1. David Ross, SAIT,base salary$489,071;total compensation$518,375
2. Glenn Feltham,NAIT$434,323;$468,393
3. Jodi Abbott, Norquest College.$411,591;$490,319
4. Sharon Carry,Bow Valley College$397,995;$403,228
5. Paula Burns,Lethbridge College$372,292;$402,853
6. Herbert Thompson, Olds College$356,735;$387,956
7. Don Gnatiuk, Grande Prairie Regional College$351,650;$382,399\
8. PeterMacKinnon, Athabasca University $342,974; $351.252
9. David Atkinson, MacEwan University$330,599;$360,081
10. David Docherty,Mount Royal University$326,368;$355,034
11. Joel Ward, Red Deer College$325,936;$355,283
12. Alice Wainwright-Stewart, Lakeland College$267,063;$300,677
13. Trent Keough, Portage College$227,647;$265,919
14. Ann Everatt, Northern Lakes College$227,990;$264,502