Sessional Assistant Professor Teaching Salary in Ontario (2025)
73 disclosed records, 2020–2025 · mostly Universities (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
32
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$137,745
+12.7% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$123,150–$146,636
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$171,769
Who is the highest-paid Sessional Assistant Professor Teaching in Ontario?
The highest-paid Sessional Assistant Professor Teaching on the 2025 Sunshine List was Heather Jenkin at York University, with a salary of $171,769; the median among the 32 listed under this title was $137,745.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Sessional Assistant Professor Teaching median of $137,745 comes to about 25.6%, leaving roughly $96,933 a year — about $8,078 a month. Half of those listed earned between $123,150 and $146,636. That is about 13% 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
- ~$96,933
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~25.6%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$8,078
Where does $137,745 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| York University | 32 | $137,745 | $171,769 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heather Jenkin | York University | Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching | $171,769 | $172,314 |
| 2 | Igor Poliakov | York University | Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching | $166,351 | $166,617 |
| 3 | Marta Simidchieva | York University | Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching | $153,175 | $153,420 |
| 4 | Tammy George | York University | Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching | $151,901 | $152,628 |
| 5 | Edris Hassan | York University | Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching | $149,759 | $150,476 |
| 6 | Monica Malta | York University | Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching | $149,644 | $150,359 |
| 7 | Rachel Rabi | York University | Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching | $147,763 | $148,414 |
| 8 | Nadia Habib | York University | Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching | $147,013 | $147,486 |
| 9 | Michael Palamarek | York University | Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching | $146,636 | $147,336 |
| 10 | Gurbir Jolly | York University | Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching | $143,497 | $144,184 |
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.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.