Principal Investigator

The 2023 Ontario Sunshine List shows that the average and median salaries for a Principal Investigator are $193,391.06 and $181,697.03, respectively.

In 2023, Stephen Lye, holding the position of Principal Investigator, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at the Sinai Health System received the highest salary of $471,631.20 among similar positions in Ontario public organizations. Jared T. Simpson, serving as the Principal Investigator at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research , earned the highest salary of $245,130.03 among individuals in the same position across public organizations in Ontario during that year.

In the year 2023, the highest-paying organizations for Principal Investigator and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Sinai Health System with an average pay of $252,098.51; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research with an average pay of $219,792.96; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute with an average pay of $145,660.32; George Brown College Of Applied Arts and Technology with an average pay of $130,407.83; and Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology with an average pay of $116,899.77.

A total of 6 organizations had employees who held comparable positions as mentioned in the Ontario Sunshine list.

In the year 2023, the highest-paying sector or industries for Principal Investigator and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Hospitals and Boards of Public Health with an average pay of $252,098.51; Other Public Sector Employers with an average pay of $201,259.80; and Colleges with an average pay of $122,093.72.

There were 3 sectors where employees held similar positions, as indicated in the Ontario Sunshine list.

The 2023 Ontario Sunshine List indicates that the representation of gender diversity in Principal Investigator is 77.78% male and 22.22% female, respectively.