Department Chair & Professor Salary in Ontario (2025)
621 disclosed records, 2001–2025 · mostly Universities (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
32
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$223,765
+83.0% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$206,288–$237,876
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$258,225
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Department Chair & Professor" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Department Chair & Professor" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Marie Elliot at McMaster University, with a salary of $258,225; the median among the 32 listed under this title was $223,765.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Department Chair & Professor paid the 2025 median of $223,765 would take home roughly $142,806 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $11,901 a month, an all-in deduction rate of about 36.2%. 32 people were listed under this title in 2025. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 83% above it. 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
- ~$142,806
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~33.7%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~36.2%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$11,901
Where does $223,765 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 | $229,668 | Pay here → |
| York University | $204,774 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie ElliotDepartment Chair / Professor | $258,225 | $258,742 |
| 2 | Wai-Ming HoProfessor/Department Chair | $258,187 | $259,144 |
| 3 | William Michael FarmerProfessor / Department Chair | $254,413 | $254,887 |
| 4 | Mel RutherfordProfessor / Department Chair | $247,572 | $248,089 |
| 5 | Alison SillsProfessor / Department Chair | $245,887 | $246,404 |
| 6 | Ana Regina CamposProfessor / Department Chair | $242,245 | $242,719 |
| 7 | Hatem ZurobProfessor / Department Chair | $239,123 | $239,640 |
| 8 | Mohamed BakrProfessor / Department Chair | $238,476 | $238,993 |
| 9 | Richard PaigeProfessor / Department Chair | $237,876 | $238,393 |
| 10 | Giuseppe MelaciniProfessor / Department Chair | $235,605 | $236,122 |
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. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.