Raouf Boutaba
University of Waterloo/Professor
2025 Salary
$396,821Total compensation $398,257, including $1,436 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
#4University of Waterloo
Years on List
232003–2025
Peak Salary
$396,8212025
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2003–2025
$113,198 in 2003 is worth about $180,808 in 2025 dollars.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Raouf Boutaba was paid $396,821 in 2025; after income tax, CPP and EI that is roughly $224,360, an effective income-tax rate of about 42.1%. It is up about 26% on the $313,873 paid in 2024. For comparison, the median Professor on the 2025 list was paid $135,910; this salary is about 192% more. 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
- ~$224,360
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~42.1%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~43.5%
- vs. 2025 Professor median
- +192%
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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.