Professor Salary in Ontario (2025)
133,620 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Universities (55%)
Records grouped under “Professor” after title normalisation — the bare title, without a level or specialty. For level-specific figures see Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor Teaching Stream and Assistant Professor Teaching Stream.
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
10,571
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$135,910
+11.2% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$126,387–$196,569
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$509,014
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Professor" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Professor" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Timothy Snyder at University Of Toronto, with a salary of $509,014; the median among the 10,571 listed under this title was $135,910.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Professor paid the 2025 median of $135,910 would take home roughly $95,895 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $7,991 a month, an all-in deduction rate of about 29.4%. 10,571 people were listed under this title in 2025. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 11% above it. This estimate leaves out pension contributions; members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$95,895
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~25.4%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.4%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$7,991
Where does $135,910 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning | $128,767 | Pay here → |
| Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning | $131,853 | Pay here → |
| Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology | $136,847 | Pay here → |
| University of Ottawa | $219,309 | Pay here → |
| University of Waterloo | $231,492 | Pay here → |
| Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning | $132,216 | Pay here → |
| Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology | $135,032 | Pay here → |
| Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology | $131,962 | Pay here → |
| University of Western Ontario | $195,654 | Pay here → |
| Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology | $132,078 | Pay here → |
| McMaster University | $218,386 | Pay here → |
| Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology | $131,188 | Pay here → |
| York University | $218,308 | Pay here → |
| Toronto Metropolitan University | $236,010 | Pay here → |
| University of Guelph | $221,986 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy SnyderProfessor | $509,014 | $509,265 |
| 2 | Claudia EmersonProfessor | $498,075 | $498,592 |
| 3 | David FarrarProfessor | $483,140 | $488,506 |
| 4 | Bernard JasminProfesseure ou professeur titulaire / Full Professor | $474,155 | $474,155 |
| 5 | Muhammet Fat GuvenenProfessor | $466,989 | $470,498 |
| 6 | Salim YusufProfessor | $451,950 | $452,745 |
| 7 | Mohit BhandariProfessor | $448,462 | $448,979 |
| 8 | Stephen WilliamsonProfessor | $446,079 | $446,179 |
| 9 | Jacques FrémontProfesseure ou professeur titulaire / Full Professor | $439,457 | $446,657 |
| 10 | Gregory SteinbergProfessor | $433,038 | $433,555 |
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.