University of Toronto

Also filed as Toronto (1997).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 7,392 employees earning $100K+

Universities

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

7,392

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$1.3B

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$171,936

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$147,726

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at University of Toronto in 2025?

Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science, was paid $684,041 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 7,392 University of Toronto employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $147,726.

How has University of Toronto's Sunshine List changed?

University of Toronto listed 517 people in 1996 and 7,392 in 2025 — 14× as many; payroll on the list went from $60.7M to $1.3B, and the median salary moved from $109,988 to $147,726.

How many University of Toronto employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $109,988 in 1996 to $147,726 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K$150K199620022008201320192025
Median salary, 1996–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold. That threshold has never been indexed to inflation, so this line can fall over time simply because more people newly cross it — not necessarily because pay fell.

Top Employees
2025

#1Alan Aspuru-Guzik
$684,041
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
#2Brian Golden
$616,858
Professor of Strategic Management
#3Mikhail Simutin
$603,115
Associate Professor of Finance
#4David Goldreich
$602,270
Professor of Finance
#5Theodore Brown
$598,224
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
#6William Strange
$596,242
Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy
#7Meric Gertler
$588,914
Professor of Geography and Planning
#8Wei-Yi (Scott) Liao
$576,190
Professor of Accounting
#9Dilip Soman
$575,529
Professor of Marketing
#10Partha Sarat Mohanram
$573,321
Professor of Accounting
#11Glen Whyte
$572,918
Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
#12Wendy Rotenberg
$565,316
Professor of Finance
#13Mihnea Moldoveanu
$563,644
Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy
#14Craig Andrew Doidge
$561,419
Professor of Finance
#15Liyan Yang
$544,080
Professor of Finance
#16Cheryl Misak
$540,087
Professor of Philosophy
#17Ajay Agrawal
$537,808
Professor of Strategic Management
#18Ing-Haw Cheng
$537,470
Associate Professor, Finance
#19Joseph Milner
$536,174
Professor of Operations Management and Statistics
#20Ole-Kristian Hope
$535,760
Professor of Accounting
#21Alexander Dyck
$532,333
Professor of Finance
#22Joel Baum
$528,977
Professor of Strategic Management
#23Susan Christoffersen
$526,210
Professor of Finance
#24Walid Hejazi
$526,120
Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy
#25David Soberman
$521,347
Professor of Marketing

See all 7,392 employees in 2025 →

Download CSV (2025) →Released by the Government of Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Compiled by SunshineList.

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Bing Han at University Of Toronto had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $199,499 to $483,490, up 142.4%.

Bing Han+142.4%
Professor of Finance
$199,499 → $483,490
Ayelet Shachar+100.7%
Professor, Munk Sch Global Affairs and Public Policy
$186,714 → $374,740
Sven Josef Dickinson+83.1%
Professor
$197,804 → $362,257
Dragan Stojanovic+62.5%
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream of Accounting
$262,074 → $425,931
Brendan Frey+114.1%
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
$130,249 → $278,812

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

977 people were new to University of Toronto's list in 2025; 780 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at University of Toronto →

By Year
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Top Positions
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