What does an Assistant Professor make at University of Waterloo?
University of Waterloo paid its Assistant Professors a median of $143,954 in 2025 (176 people). That is about 5% more than the provincial median of $137,351 for the role. The highest-paid was $283,885.
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People
176listed as Assistant Professor in 2025
Median salary
$143,954salary paid, 2025
Highest paid
$283,885salary paid, 2025
vs Ontario
+$6,602against $137,351 province-wide
Best paid in the role
University of Waterloo · 2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Sang KimAssistant Professor | $283,885 | $285,198 |
| 2 | Syed Walid RezaAssistant Professor | $283,787 | $284,349 |
| 3 | Sepideh EbrahimiAssistant Professor | $257,395 | $258,594 |
| 4 | Xin JiangAssistant Professor | $247,201 | $248,358 |
| 5 | Mingyue ZhangAssistant Professor | $245,766 | $246,886 |
| 6 | Tisha KingAssistant Professor | $238,980 | $239,455 |
| 7 | Wenqian HuAssistant Professor | $237,518 | $237,990 |
| 8 | Kaishu WuAssistant Professor | $237,082 | $238,225 |
| 9 | Muhammad AzimAssistant Professor | $233,436 | $233,903 |
| 10 | Kelsey MatthewsAssistant Professor | $198,830 | $199,951 |
The 10 highest salaries among the 176 University of Waterloo records mapped to Assistant Professor in 2025. The full 2025 roster →
Median by year
2002–2025
- At University of Waterloo
- Ontario median for the role
Median salary paid, Assistant Professor at University of Waterloo, against every Assistant Professor in Ontario. Years with fewer than 5 people are left blank.
Year by year
| Year | People | Median | Highest | Ontario median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 176 | $143,954 | $283,885 | $137,351 |
| 2024 | 168 | $137,846 | $277,632 | $133,821 |
| 2023 | 171 | $134,566 | $240,148 | $128,513 |
| 2022 | 138 | $131,068 | $225,208 | $125,028 |
| 2021 | 143 | $130,384 | $224,594 | $123,822 |
| 2020 | 152 | $128,198 | $212,101 | $122,080 |
| 2019 | 164 | $124,976 | $231,778 | $120,417 |
| 2018 | 153 | $122,059 | $224,351 | $119,605 |
| 2017 | 140 | $119,525 | $198,029 | $117,453 |
| 2016 | 125 | $118,419 | $195,572 | $116,882 |
| 2015 | 115 | $117,912 | $210,664 | $117,012 |
| 2014 | 117 | $117,485 | $221,921 | $113,622 |
| 2013 | 113 | $112,063 | $182,169 | $112,852 |
| 2012 | 100 | $109,746 | $176,945 | $112,455 |
| 2011 | 90 | $111,129 | $182,342 | $111,521 |
| 2010 | 89 | $111,214 | $185,917 | $110,265 |
| 2009 | 72 | $110,392 | $173,569 | $108,825 |
| 2008 | 65 | $109,776 | $155,714 | $109,412 |
| 2007 | 46 | $105,400 | $147,655 | $108,444 |
| 2006 | 24 | $105,147 | $143,642 | $110,699 |
| 2005 | 11 | $104,480 | $144,116 | $112,006 |
| 2003 | 6 | $104,270 | $119,370 | $111,823 |
| 2002 | <5 | <5 | <5 | $106,583 |
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Method. Figures are salary paid (not salary plus taxable benefits), the basis of every median on this site, for records whose filed job title maps to Assistant Professor at University of Waterloo on the Ontario Sunshine List, which lists only public-sector employees paid $100,000 or more. A year with fewer than 5 people shows “<5” for both its count and its median, since naming the exact count would narrow the median down to specific people. Data runs through 2025. The 2025 figures were published here on .