Professor of Political Science Salary in Ontario (2025)
1,022 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Universities (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
31
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$227,920
+86.4% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$175,374–$265,173
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$384,510
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Professor of Political Science" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Professor of Political Science" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Ran Hirschl at University Of Toronto, with a salary of $384,510; the median among the 31 listed under this title was $227,920.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Professor of Political Science median of $227,920 comes to about 34.0%, leaving roughly $144,890 a year — about $12,074 a month. Half of those listed earned between $175,374 and $265,173. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 86% 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
- ~$144,890
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~34.0%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~36.4%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$12,074
Where does $227,920 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 |
|---|---|---|
| University of Toronto | $227,920 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ran HirschlProfessor, Political Science | $384,510 | $384,762 |
| 2 | Louis PaulyProfessor of Political Science | $337,401 | $337,401 |
| 3 | Randall HansenProfessor of Political Science | $327,926 | $328,178 |
| 4 | Ronald DeibertProfessor of Political Science | $278,863 | $279,114 |
| 5 | David CookProfessor of Political Science | $273,839 | $273,839 |
| 6 | Rebecca KingstonProfessor of Political Science | $271,219 | $271,475 |
| 7 | Melissa WilliamsProfessor of Political Science | $266,872 | $267,124 |
| 8 | Triadafilos TriadafilopoulosProfessor of Political Science | $265,173 | $265,424 |
| 9 | Lucan Alan WayProfessor of Political Science | $262,810 | $263,061 |
| 10 | Linda WhiteProfessor of Political Science | $261,834 | $261,960 |
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.