Kankar Bhattacharya
University of Waterloo/Professor
2025 Salary
$305,788Total compensation $307,038, including $1,250 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
#37University of Waterloo
Years on List
222004–2025
Peak Salary
$305,7882025
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2004–2025
$106,224 in 2004 is worth about $166,589 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Take-home on Kankar Bhattacharya's 2025 salary of $305,788 comes to roughly $182,057 once federal and Ontario income tax (about 38.7% effective) is deducted. For comparison, the median Professor on the 2025 list was paid $135,910; this salary is about 125% more. Records under this name have appeared on the Sunshine List 22 years in all, first in 2004. This estimate leaves out pension contributions; members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$182,057
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~38.7%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~40.5%
- vs. 2025 Professor median
- +125%
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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.