What does a Professor make at University of Waterloo?
The 487 Professors at University of Waterloo had a median salary of $231,492 in 2025. That is 70% above the provincial median of $135,910 for the role. The highest-paid was $407,658.
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487listed as Professor in 2025
Median salary
$231,492salary paid, 2025
Highest paid
$407,658salary paid, 2025
vs Ontario
+$95,582against $135,910 province-wide
Best paid in the role
University of Waterloo · 2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renee MillerProfessor | $407,658 | $408,302 |
| 2 | James RushProfessor | $400,000 | $411,552 |
| 3 | Raouf BoutabaProfessor | $396,821 | $398,257 |
| 4 | Steve FortinProfessor | $390,915 | $392,629 |
| 5 | Kenneth KlassenProfessor | $388,579 | $390,138 |
| 6 | Elizabeth DemersProfessor | $382,844 | $383,610 |
| 7 | Benjamin ThompsonProfessor | $360,377 | $361,546 |
| 8 | Sushanta K. MitraProfessor | $341,489 | $342,541 |
| 9 | David EdwardsProfessor | $336,026 | $336,669 |
| 10 | Jefim E. BoritzProfessor | $335,937 | $335,950 |
The 10 highest salaries among the 487 University of Waterloo records mapped to Professor in 2025. The full 2025 roster →
Median by year
1996–2025
- At University of Waterloo
- Ontario median for the role
Median salary paid, Professor at University of Waterloo, against every Professor in Ontario. Years with fewer than 5 people are left blank.
Year by year
| Year | People | Median | Highest | Ontario median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 487 | $231,492 | $407,658 | $135,910 |
| 2024 | 472 | $224,879 | $389,941 | $128,735 |
| 2023 | 484 | $215,326 | $382,255 | $128,221 |
| 2022 | 496 | $206,030 | $349,950 | $121,134 |
| 2021 | 487 | $203,765 | $342,289 | $119,884 |
| 2020 | 482 | $200,223 | $383,933 | $119,595 |
| 2019 | 470 | $194,725 | $329,777 | $118,779 |
| 2018 | 453 | $189,825 | $322,455 | $116,824 |
| 2017 | 443 | $184,013 | $316,680 | $165,026 |
| 2016 | 428 | $179,541 | $316,408 | $117,090 |
| 2015 | 421 | $174,744 | $310,046 | $127,458 |
| 2014 | 396 | $169,718 | $303,041 | $127,697 |
| 2013 | 388 | $162,879 | $316,317 | $126,776 |
| 2012 | 374 | $158,244 | $358,997 | $122,967 |
| 2011 | 370 | $154,231 | $266,588 | $122,979 |
| 2010 | 365 | $152,685 | $348,983 | $133,954 |
| 2009 | 342 | $148,334 | $264,561 | $127,598 |
| 2008 | 339 | $141,411 | $227,806 | $127,399 |
| 2007 | 326 | $134,720 | $271,420 | $124,832 |
| 2006 | 309 | $130,057 | $256,324 | $121,544 |
| 2005 | 309 | $125,209 | $245,037 | $117,194 |
| 2004 | 290 | $119,032 | $240,119 | $113,477 |
| 2003 | 238 | $115,088 | $191,920 | $111,628 |
| 2002 | 213 | $111,996 | $184,303 | $108,756 |
| 2001 | 178 | $108,322 | $176,482 | $107,400 |
| 2000 | 155 | $105,964 | $171,162 | $106,635 |
| 1999 | 117 | $105,443 | $167,091 | $105,700 |
| 1998 | 87 | $105,613 | $163,808 | $106,186 |
| 1997 | 78 | $104,787 | $162,127 | $105,295 |
| 1996 | 40 | $105,101 | $158,781 | $105,045 |
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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 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 .