Yaoliang Yu
University of Waterloo/Associate Professor
2025 Salary
$203,558Total compensation $203,984, including $426 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
#644University of Waterloo
Years on List
92017–2025
Peak Salary
$203,5582025
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Total Compensation History
Full History
2017–2025
$132,109 in 2017 is worth about $166,352 in 2025 dollars.
| Year | Position | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Associate ProfessorUniversity Of Waterloo | $203,558Benefits $426Total $203,984 |
| 2024 | Associate ProfessorUniversity Of Waterloo | $192,176Benefits $356Total $192,532 |
| 2023 | Associate ProfessorUniversity Of Waterloo | $185,334Benefits $312Total $185,646 |
| 2022 | Associate ProfessorUniversity Of Waterloo | $177,406Benefits $251Total $177,657 |
| 2021 | Associate ProfessorUniversity Of Waterloo | $163,030Benefits $189Total $163,218 |
| 2020 | Assistant ProfessorUniversity Of Waterloo | $156,510Benefits $179Total $156,689 |
| 2019 | Assistant ProfessorUniversity Of Waterloo | $147,850Benefits $179Total $148,029 |
| 2018 | Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Waterloo | $138,230Benefits $175Total $138,404 |
| 2017 | Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Waterloo | $132,109Benefits $184Total $132,293 |
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Take-home on Yaoliang Yu's 2025 salary of $203,558 comes to roughly $132,396 once federal and Ontario income tax (about 32.3% effective) is deducted. On total compensation of $203,984, Yaoliang Yu ranked #644 of 2,376 disclosed at University of Waterloo that year, where the median salary was $153,961. It is up about 6% on the $192,176 paid in 2024. 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
- ~$132,396
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~32.3%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~35.0%
- vs. 2025 Associate Professor median
- +17%
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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.