Research Associate Salary in Ontario (2025)
548 disclosed records, 2000–2025 · mostly Universities (79%)
Records filed simply as “Research Associate”, without a level or specialty. For level-specific figures see Senior Research Associate.
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
104
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$110,698
-9.5% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$105,040–$122,000
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$230,951
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Waterloo | 25 | $110,768 | $146,879 |
| University of Toronto | 15 | $124,518 | $172,552 |
| London Health Sciences Centre | 12 | $110,334 | $128,258 |
| York University | 10 | $112,261 | $155,666 |
| Hospital for Sick Children | 7 | $107,121 | $114,425 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raymond Wallace | Carleton University | Research Associate | $230,951 | $230,951 |
| 2 | Omar Falou | Toronto Metropolitan University | Research Associate | $180,202 | $180,338 |
| 3 | Javier Ignac Acosta Mirande | University Of Toronto | Research Associate | $172,552 | $172,803 |
| 4 | Fausto Bartra | University Of Toronto | Research Associate | $163,230 | $163,230 |
| 5 | Genevieve Boily-Larouche | York University | Research Associate | $155,666 | $155,666 |
| 6 | Carolina Cancelliere | Ontario Tech University | Research Associate | $154,478 | $154,478 |
| 7 | Katie Davies Jorgensen | York University | Research Associate | $154,185 | $154,185 |
| 8 | Nima Assadian | University Of Toronto | Research Associate | $148,727 | $148,853 |
| 9 | Andrew Gryguc | University Of Waterloo | Research Associate | $146,879 | $147,105 |
| 10 | Arne Ruckert | York University | Research Associate | $143,320 | $143,320 |
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. 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. Last updated 2026-09-04.