York University

Also filed as York (1997).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 2,557 employees earning $100K+

Universities

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

2,557

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$438.1M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$170,678

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$157,104

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at York University in 2025?

Steven Hoffman, Professor/Senior Advisor/Advisor/Endowed Chair, was paid $622,459 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 2,557 York University employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $157,104.

How has York University's Sunshine List changed?

York University listed 71 people in 1996 and 2,557 in 2025 — 36× as many; payroll on the list went from $8.4M to $438.1M, and the median salary moved from $112,022 to $157,104.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $112,022 in 1996 to $157,104 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

#1Steven Hoffman
$622,459
Professor/Senior Advisor/Advisor/Endowed Chair
#2Rhonda Lenton
$536,347
President and Vice- Chancellor/Professor
#3David Peters
$490,384
Professor/Dean
#4Detlev Zwick
$462,485
Dean/Associate Professor
#5Jim Clayton
$461,996
Professor/Endowed Chair/Director/Program Director
#6Kee-Hong Bae
$452,216
Professor/Endowed Chair
#7Lilian Ng
$440,588
Professor/Endowed Chair
#8Brad Strom
$433,582
Chief Information Officer
#9Russell Belk
$427,824
Professor/Endowed Chair
#10Anoop Madhok
$423,131
Professor/Endowed Chair
#11Matthias Kipping
$413,020
Professor/Endowed Chair/Academic Director
#12Geoffrey Kistruck
$409,462
Professor/Endowed Chair/Area Coordinator
#13Preet Aulakh
$406,711
Professor/Endowed Chair/Area Coordinator
#14Theodore Noseworthy
$399,936
Associate Dean/Professor
#15Lisa Philipps
$398,279
Provost and Vice President Academic/Professor
#16Mehmet Murat Kristal
$396,714
Professor/Executive Director/Program Director/Certificate Coordinator
#17Rami Mayer
$396,129
Executive Director, Schulich Executive Education Centre
#18Justin Tan
$395,687
Professor/Endowed Chair
#19Trevor Farrow
$394,744
Dean/Professor
#20Eileen Fischer
$393,540
Associate Dean/Professor/Endowed Chair
#21Marcia Annisette
$390,089
Vice Provost Academic/Professor
#22David Johnston
$388,969
Professor/Director/Program Director/Endowed Chair
#23John Tsotsos
$386,207
Professor
#24Jeffrey Schall
$382,873
Professor/Director, Organized Research Unit University Based
#25Moren Levesque
$380,816
Professor/Endowed Chair

See all 2,557 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

Bernard V Lightman at York University had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $189,967 to $267,667, up 40.9%.

Bernard V Lightman+40.9%
Professor
$189,967 → $267,667
Maria Figueredo+61.4%
Associate Professor
$123,035 → $198,517
Rachel Koopmans+53.0%
Associate Professor
$133,217 → $203,849
Martin Bunch+45.3%
Professor
$138,750 → $201,605
Robert Tordoff+44.5%
Associate Professor
$117,899 → $170,379

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.

225 people were new to York University's list in 2025; 470 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at York University →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people