Associate Professor and Chair Salary in Ontario (2025)
840 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Universities (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
51
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$200,642
+64.1% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$177,751–$228,999
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$253,645
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Associate Professor and Chair" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Associate Professor and Chair" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Wael El-Dakhakhni at McMaster University, with a salary of $253,645; the median among the 51 listed under this title was $200,642.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Associate Professor and Chair paid the 2025 median of $200,642 would take home roughly $131,037 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $10,920 a month, an all-in deduction rate of about 34.7%. Half of those listed earned between $177,751 and $228,999. That is about 64% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. 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
- ~$131,037
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~31.9%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~34.7%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$10,920
Where does $200,642 rank on the Sunshine List? →
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.
Median by Year
2005–2025
Where They Work
2025 · employers with 5+
| Employer | Median | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| McMaster University | $222,862 | Pay here → |
| Brock University | $170,743 | Pay here → |
| University of Guelph | $207,153 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wael El-DakhakhniProfessor / Associate Chair | $253,645 | $254,163 |
| 2 | Lester Mk KwongAssociate Professor / Chair | $252,424 | $253,094 |
| 3 | Sigal BalshineProfessor / Associate Chair | $247,150 | $247,667 |
| 4 | Troy RiddellAssociate Professor and Chair | $242,807 | $243,689 |
| 5 | Wolfram KahlProfessor / Associate Chair | $242,201 | $242,718 |
| 6 | Natalia Koleva NikolovaProfessor / Associate Chair | $241,593 | $242,110 |
| 7 | Kari Dalnoki-VeressProfessor / Associate Chair | $240,618 | $241,145 |
| 8 | Xun LiProfessor / Associate Chair | $237,539 | $238,056 |
| 9 | Adrian Howard KitaiProfessor / Associate Chair | $230,810 | $231,327 |
| 10 | Jacques CaretteProfessor / Associate Chair | $230,106 | $230,623 |
By Year
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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. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.