Assistant Professor Salary in Ontario (2025)
21,304 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Universities (100%)
Records filed simply as “Assistant Professor”, without a level or specialty. For level-specific figures see Assistant Professor Teaching Stream.
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
2,064
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$137,351
+12.3% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$123,188–$158,294
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$371,399
Median by Year
2005–2025
Median salary paid among disclosed records. 2023 is absent: job titles were not disclosed that year. Years with fewer than five people are omitted.
Where They Work
2025 · employers with 5+
| Employer | People | Median | Top |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Western Ontario | 330 | $134,142 | $279,704 |
| Mcmaster University | 228 | $136,837 | $216,308 |
| Queen's University | 181 | $164,064 | $362,596 |
| Toronto Metropolitan University | 177 | $135,198 | $204,251 |
| University of Waterloo | 176 | $143,954 | $283,885 |
| York University | 164 | $142,520 | $309,881 |
| University of Guelph | 149 | $141,510 | $233,569 |
| University of Ottawa | 148 | $150,689 | $195,757 |
| Trent University | 104 | $127,167 | $161,682 |
| Brock University | 98 | $128,279 | $250,961 |
| University of Toronto | 78 | $139,817 | $371,399 |
| University of Windsor | 69 | $127,441 | $204,423 |
| Lakehead University | 47 | $121,573 | $154,437 |
| Laurentian University of Sudbury | 45 | $121,863 | $186,757 |
| Ontario College of Art and Design University | 31 | $117,290 | $140,463 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ting Xu | University Of Toronto | Assistant Professor | $371,399 | $371,609 |
| 2 | Stephen Thomas | Queen's University | Assistant Professor | $362,596 | $362,868 |
| 3 | Shelley Kierstead | York University | Assistant Professor | $309,881 | $310,837 |
| 4 | Chang-Yuan Lee | University Of Toronto | Assistant Professor | $293,315 | $293,441 |
| 5 | Daniel Sang Kim | University Of Waterloo | Assistant Professor | $283,885 | $285,198 |
| 6 | Syed Walid Reza | University Of Waterloo | Assistant Professor | $283,787 | $284,349 |
| 7 | Pouyan Foroughi | York University | Assistant Professor | $280,622 | $281,578 |
| 8 | Aleksandra Rzeznik | York University | Assistant Professor | $280,622 | $281,578 |
| 9 | Romel Mostafa | University Of Western Ontario | Assistant Professor | $279,704 | $279,803 |
| 10 | Sae-Seul Park | University Of Toronto | Assistant Professor | $272,286 | $272,527 |
By Year
Related Positions
About these figures
Source: Ontario’s Public Sector Salary Disclosure (the “Sunshine List”), which names every public-sector employee paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year. Figures are disclosed salaries, not market compensation: anyone in this position earning under $100,000 does not appear, so medians here sit above the true median for the job.
Medians and percentiles use salary paid (benefits excluded), computed over records whose filed job title was normalized into this position. Titles are as each employer filed them; spellings, word order and bilingual forms are merged. Employers and years with fewer than five people show counts only. 2023: job titles were not disclosed, so that year has no position data. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025. Last updated 2026-09-06.