University of Waterloo

Also filed as Waterloo (1997).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 2,376 employees earning $100K+

Universities

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

2,376

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$398.5M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$167,162

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$153,961

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at University of Waterloo in 2025?

Vivek Goel, President, was paid $526,302 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 2,376 University of Waterloo employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $153,961.

How has University of Waterloo's Sunshine List changed?

University of Waterloo listed 48 people in 1996 and 2,376 in 2025 — 50× as many; payroll on the list went from $5.4M to $398.5M, and the median salary moved from $105,101 to $153,961.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $105,101 in 1996 to $153,961 in 2025.$100K$120K$140K$160K199620022008201320192025
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

#1Vivek Goel
$526,302
President
#2James Rush
$411,552
Professor
#3Renee Miller
$408,302
Professor
#4Raouf Boutaba
$398,257
Professor
#5Steve Fortin
$392,629
Professor
#6Kenneth Klassen
$390,138
Professor
#7Blake Phillips
$383,790
Associate Professor
#8Elizabeth Demers
$383,610
Professor
#9Benjamin Thompson
$361,546
Professor
#10Charmaine Dean
$350,732
Vice-President, Research and International
#11Jacinda Reitsma
$350,732
Vice-President, Administration and Finance
#12Alexie Tcheuyap
$345,373
Dean, Faculty of Arts
#13Nenone L. Donaldson
$344,302
Vice-President, Advancement and External Relations
#14Sushanta K. Mitra
$342,541
Professor
#15Sanjeev Gill
$340,329
Associate Vice-President, Innovation
#16David Edwards
$336,669
Professor
#17Mark Giesbrecht
$336,051
Professor
#18Jefim E. Boritz
$335,950
Professor
#19Claudio Canizares
$329,829
Professor
#20Krista Fiolleau
$327,979
Associate Professor
#21Anita Layton
$327,859
Professor
#22Charles A. Presslee
$327,746
Associate Professor
#23Will Percival
$322,735
Professor
#24Nadarajah Asokan
$322,680
Professor
#25Lili Liu
$322,116
Dean, Faculty of Health

See all 2,376 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

Raouf Boutaba at University Of Waterloo had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $313,873 to $396,821, up 26.4%.

Raouf Boutaba+26.4%
Professor
$313,873 → $396,821
Mirabelle Huynh+79.4%
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
$101,682 → $182,369
Richard Mann+75.7%
Associate Professor
$106,415 → $187,018
Joseph Emerson+46.3%
Associate Professor
$151,837 → $222,078
Joel N. Blit+36.9%
Associate Professor
$186,981 → $256,024

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.

235 people were new to University of Waterloo's list in 2025; 129 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at University of Waterloo →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people