Sessional Instructor Salary in Ontario (2025)
137 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
18
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$117,342
-4.0% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$112,322–$130,365
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$183,087
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 Guelph | 13 | $122,713 | $183,087 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De-Tong Jiang | University Of Guelph | Sessional Instructor | $183,087 | $183,159 |
| 2 | John Irwin | University Of Guelph | Sessional Instructor | $164,356 | $164,356 |
| 3 | Caroline Fabbruzzo | University Of Guelph | Sessional Instructor | $145,548 | $145,548 |
| 4 | Raphael Djabatey | University Of Guelph | Sessional Instructor | $132,253 | $132,253 |
| 5 | Alexis M. Lowater | University Of Waterloo | Sessional Instructor | $130,365 | $130,365 |
| 6 | Gregory Klages | University Of Guelph | Sessional Instructor | $129,395 | $129,395 |
| 7 | Judi Mccuaig | University Of Guelph | Sessional Instructor | $123,436 | $123,876 |
| 8 | Katherine Begley | University Of Guelph | Sessional Instructor | $122,713 | $122,713 |
| 9 | Charles Janthur | University Of Guelph | Sessional Instructor | $118,650 | $118,650 |
| 10 | Margaret Secord-Gilbert | McMaster University | Sessional Instructor | $116,034 | $116,034 |
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. Last updated 2026-09-06.