The Ontario Sunshine List - Public Sector Salary Disclosure

The names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of public sector employees paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year.

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In Ontario's 2025 Sunshine List, there were 5508 employees with similar job titles who received an average salary of $183,823.96

$183,823.96

Average Salary in 2025

$179,385.54

Median Salary in 2025

Male
55.93% 
Male
Female
44.07%
Female
5508 employees (Associate Professor)
1 5508
Low: $100K Median: $179K High: $603K

Below is the quartile breakdown of the salary range.

4,860 employees received a salary between $100,174 - $225,909
612 employees received a salary between $225,909 - $351,644
31 employees received a salary between $351,644 - $477,379
5 employees received a salary between $477,379 - $603,114

Majority of the employees were paid within the salary range encompassing the first quartile breakdown.

What were the average and median salaries for a Associate Professor listed in the 2025 Ontario Government Sunshine List?

The 2025 Ontario Sunshine List shows that the average and median salaries for a Associate Professor are $183,823.96 and $179,385.54, respectively.

What is the highest salary for a Associate Professor in a public organization in Ontario?

In 2025, Mikhail Simutin, holding the position of Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Toronto received the highest salary of $603,114.83 among similar positions in Ontario public organizations. Blake Phillips, serving as the Associate Professor at University of Waterloo , earned the highest salary of $383,790.27 among individuals in the same position across public organizations in Ontario during that year.

What are the top 5 public organizations in Ontario that offer the highest salaries for Associate Professor?

In the year 2025, the highest-paying organizations for Associate Professor and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Carleton University with an average pay of $223,530.39; University of Toronto with an average pay of $210,449.37; Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital with an average pay of $190,905.34; Queen’s University with an average pay of $190,615.88; and Toronto Metropolitan University with an average pay of $189,973.09.

A total of 25 organizations had employees who held comparable positions as mentioned in the Ontario Sunshine list.

What are the top 3 public sectors in Ontario that offer the highest salaries for Associate Professor?

In the year 2025, the highest-paying sector or industries for Associate Professor and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Hospitals and Boards of Public Health with an average pay of $190,905.34; Universities with an average pay of $183,815.65; and Colleges with an average pay of $180,006.34.

There were 3 sectors where employees held similar positions, as indicated in the Ontario Sunshine list.

What is the representation of gender diversity for Associate Professor in Ontario?

The 2025 Ontario Sunshine List indicates that the representation of gender diversity in Associate Professor is 55.93% male and 44.07% female, respectively.

The 2025 Sunshine List has 5508 employees who held comparable positions in Ontario.

10 out of 5508 employees

Full Name Job Title Employer Total Paid
Mikhail Simutin Associate Professor of Finance University of Toronto $603,115
Ing-haw Cheng Associate Professor, Finance University of Toronto $537,470
Bernardo Blum Associate Professor of Economic Analysis And Policy University of Toronto $513,682
Alexander Edwards Associate Professor of Accounting University of Toronto $505,887
Redouane Elkamhi Associate Professor of Finance University of Toronto $483,779
Chayawat Ornthanalai Associate Professor of Finance University of Toronto $472,236
Scott Rutherford Associate Professor of Strategic Management University of Toronto $463,078
Detlev Zwick Dean / Associate Professor York University $462,485
Sergei Davydenko Associate Professor of Finance University of Toronto $461,140
Gerhard Trippen Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Management University of Toronto $460,402

Yearly Average Paid

Year Total Employee Count Average Paid
20255,508$183,824
20255,508$183,824
20245,489$177,506
20235,314$170,936
20225,159$165,239
20215,192$161,699
20205,301$157,863
20194,635$155,587
20185,046$151,804
20175,156$147,921
20165,251$145,208
20155,088$139,927
20144,936$138,431
20134,788$136,105
20124,549$132,994
20114,227$130,243
20103,882$127,473
20093,075$125,634
20082,570$124,004
20072,158$122,229
20061,544$119,060
20051,123$116,276
20041$152,208
2003536$110,995
2002289$111,257
2001159$110,867