Michael Collins
University of Waterloo/Professor
2025 Salary
$253,685Total compensation $254,547, including $862 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
#170University of Waterloo
Years on List
202006–2025
Peak Salary
$254,7212024
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2006–2025
$101,204 in 2006 is worth about $152,317 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Take-home on Michael Collins's 2025 salary of $253,685 comes to roughly $157,815 once federal and Ontario income tax (about 35.6% effective) is deducted. That is about the same as the $254,721 paid in 2024. Records under this name have appeared on the Sunshine List 20 years in all, first in 2006. 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
- ~$157,815
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~35.6%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~37.8%
- vs. 2025 Professor median
- +87%
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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.