Professor of Physics Salary in Ontario (2025)
818 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Universities (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
23
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$252,983
+106.9% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$236,715–$272,139
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$422,989
Who is the highest-paid Professor of Physics in Ontario?
The highest-paid Professor of Physics on the 2025 Sunshine List was Pekka Sinervo at University Of Toronto, with a salary of $422,989; the median among the 23 listed under this title was $252,983.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Professor of Physics paid the 2025 median of $252,983 would take home roughly $157,462 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $13,122 a month, an effective rate of about 35.6%. Half of those listed earned between $236,715 and $272,139. That is about 107% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. This estimate leaves out pension contributions; members of OMERS, OTPP, HOOPP or OPTrust typically take home another 7–10% less.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$157,462
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~35.6%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$13,122
Where does $252,983 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Toronto | 23 | $252,983 | $422,989 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pekka Sinervo | University Of Toronto | Professor of Physics | $422,989 | $423,115 |
| 2 | Stephen Julian | University Of Toronto | Professor of Physics | $321,139 | $321,332 |
| 3 | John Sipe | University Of Toronto | Professor of Physics | $317,497 | $317,497 |
| 4 | Michael Luke | University Of Toronto | Professor of Physics | $314,022 | $314,148 |
| 5 | Kimberly Strong | University Of Toronto | Professor of Physics | $306,312 | $306,437 |
| 6 | Aephraim Steinberg | University Of Toronto | Professor of Physics | $272,139 | $272,307 |
| 7 | Hae-Young Kee | University Of Toronto | Professor of Physics | $261,690 | $261,816 |
| 8 | William Trischuk | University Of Toronto | Professor of Physics | $257,699 | $257,950 |
| 9 | Daniel James | University Of Toronto | Professor of Physics | $255,032 | $255,283 |
| 10 | C. Barth Netterfield | University Of Toronto | Professor of Physics | $253,935 | $254,061 |
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, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.