Ellen Choi
Toronto Metropolitan University/Associate Professor
2025 Salary
$173,772Total compensation $174,724, including $952 in taxable benefits.
Source: Ontario’s Public Sector Salary Disclosure — names paid $100,000 or more that year. How we build this · Report an error on this page
At a Glance
2025
Employer Rank
#739Toronto Metropolitan University
Years on List
62020–2025
Peak Salary
$173,7722025
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2020–2025
$126,160 in 2020 is worth about $151,208 in 2025 dollars.
| Year | Position | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Associate ProfessorToronto Metropolitan University | $173,772Benefits $952Total $174,724 |
| 2024 | Assistant ProfessorToronto Metropolitan University | $165,596Benefits $2,854Total $168,450 |
| 2023 | Assistant ProfessorToronto Metropolitan University | $157,271Benefits $819Total $158,090 |
| 2022 | Assistant ProfessorToronto Metropolitan University | $144,106Benefits $799Total $144,905 |
| 2021 | Assistant ProfessorRyerson University | $133,976Benefits $740Total $134,716 |
| 2020 | Assistant ProfessorRyerson University | $126,160Benefits $690Total $126,850 |
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
In 2025, Ellen Choi's $173,772 salary works out to roughly $116,967 after income tax, CPP and EI — an all-in deduction rate of about 32.7%. The 2025 median for Associate Professor on the list was $174,209, almost exactly this figure. Records under this name have appeared on the Sunshine List 6 years in all, first in 2020. Members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less after pension contributions, which this estimate leaves out.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$116,967
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~32.7%
- vs. 2025 Associate Professor median
- about even
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Estimate only: 2025 federal and Ontario rates, basic personal amounts, Canada employment amount and CPP/EI credits; single, employment income only, salary treated as full-year income. Ignores pension contributions (OMERS, HOOPP, OTPP, OPTrust and similar plans lower actual take-home), union dues, RRSPs and benefits.