Professor Endowed Chair Salary in Ontario (2025)
237 disclosed records, 2008–2025 · mostly Universities (100%)
Last filed under this title in 2025. Fewer than 20 records in the latest Sunshine List, so this page is kept for history.
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
13
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$368,902
+201.7% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$255,280–$422,313
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$451,259
Who is the highest-paid Professor Endowed Chair in Ontario?
The highest-paid Professor Endowed Chair on the 2025 Sunshine List was Kee-Hong Bae at York University, with a salary of $451,259; the median among the 13 listed under this title was $368,902.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Professor Endowed Chair paid the 2025 median of $368,902 would take home roughly $211,387 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $17,616 a month, an effective rate of about 41.2%. 13 people were listed under this title in 2025. The middle half of Professor Endowed Chair salaries ran from $255,280 to $422,313. 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
- ~$211,387
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~41.2%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$17,616
Where does $368,902 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
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 | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York University | 11 | $379,859 | $451,259 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kee-Hong BaeProfessor/Endowed Chair | York University | Professor/Endowed Chair | $451,259 | $452,216 |
| 2 | Lilian NgProfessor/Endowed Chair | York University | Professor/Endowed Chair | $439,831 | $440,588 |
| 3 | Russell BelkProfessor/Endowed Chair | York University | Professor/Endowed Chair | $427,092 | $427,824 |
| 4 | Anoop MadhokProfessor/Endowed Chair | York University | Professor/Endowed Chair | $422,313 | $423,131 |
| 5 | Justin TanProfessor/Endowed Chair | York University | Professor/Endowed Chair | $395,056 | $395,687 |
| 6 | Moren LevesqueProfessor/Endowed Chair | York University | Professor/Endowed Chair | $379,859 | $380,816 |
| 7 | Charles ChoProfessor/Endowed Chair | York University | Professor/Endowed Chair | $368,902 | $369,859 |
| 8 | Dirk MattenProfessor/Endowed Chair | York University | Professor/Endowed Chair | $343,545 | $344,501 |
| 9 | Olaf WeberProfessor/Endowed Chair | York University | Professor/Endowed Chair | $340,713 | $341,669 |
| 10 | Saeid HabibiEndowed Chair / Professor | McMaster University | Endowed Chair / Professor | $255,280 | $255,797 |
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.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.