The Ontario Sunshine List - Public Sector Salary Disclosure

The names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of public sector employees paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year.

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Kai Chen served as the Faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2023, received an annual salary of $170,513.75 and a taxable benefit of $653.94, as indicated by the Government of Ontario's Sunshine list.

$171,167.69

Total paid in 2023

$170,513.75

Salary

$653.94

Taxable Benefit

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Job Title :   Faculty
Employer :   Wilfrid Laurier University
Sector :   Universities
Year :   2023

Comparing peers in identical roles within the organization

$171K
Low: $101K Avg: $164K High: $270K

Comparison with other individuals in similar positions in Ontario

$171K
Low: $100K Avg: $162K High: $472K
Bottom 90% Below Average Above Average Top 10%

Between 2017 and 2023, Kai experienced an average annual increase of approximately 4.48% in annual salary, including taxable benefits at Wilfrid Laurier University. By 2023, Kai's total pay had risen by 29.84% compared to the pay in 2017. Additional information can be found in the chart and table presented below.

Yearly Total Paid

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Year Job Title Salary Taxable Benefit Raise
2023 Faculty $170,514 $654 5.88%
2022 Faculty $161,138 $528 4.11%
2021 Faculty $154,906 $384 -0.64%
2020 Faculty $155,945 $342 7.48%
2019 Faculty $145,086 $330 3.81%
2018 Faculty $139,686 $388 6.25%
2017 Faculty $131,493 $340

The 2023 Sunshine List has 520 employees who held exactly same position title ( Faculty ) in the Wilfrid Laurier University.

10 out of 520 employees

Full Name Salary Taxable Benefit
Andriy Shkilko $268,943 $849
Nicole Coviello $267,703 $819
Ling Chu $261,212 $809
M. Fabricio Perez $260,636 $843
Subhankar Nayak $259,035 $871
Hamid Noori $258,385 $0
Si Li $255,626 $930
Ning Tang $250,240 $893
Sarah Scarbrough-wilner $248,175 $751
Jonathan Crush $245,408 $256

The 2023 Sunshine List has 1995 employees who held comparable positions in Ontario.

10 out of 1995 employees

Full Name Job Title Employer Total Paid
Lionel Trevor Young Professor, Psychiatry And Dean, Temerty Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto $471,733
Cheryl Regehr Vice President And Provost; Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work University of Toronto $457,487
James Orbinski Professor / Director, Organized Research Unit Faculty Based York University $418,444
Patricia Houston Professor, Anesthesiology And Pain Medicine, Vice Dean, Medical Education And Interim Dean, Temerty Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto $412,751
Aaron Gordon Associate Professor, Faculty of Business And Economics Algoma University $419,647
Paul Smith Faculty Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics $406,949
Kenneth Coley Dean (Faculty of Engineering) / Professor University of Western Ontario $364,296
Christopher Yip Professor of Chemical Engineering And Institute of Biomedical Engineering, And Dean, Faculty of Applied Science And Engineering University of Toronto $356,792
Davide Gaiotto Faculty Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics $366,217
Lee Smolin Faculty Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics $353,019