The names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of public sector employees paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year.
In Ontario's 2024 Sunshine List, there were 49 employees with similar job titles who received an average salary of $148,793.41
$148,793.41
Average Salary in 2024
$148,227.68
Median Salary in 2024
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56.25% Male |
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43.75% Female |
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Below is the quartile breakdown of the salary range. |
19 employees received a salary between $100,815 - $133,618 |
16 employees received a salary between $133,618 - $166,421 |
11 employees received a salary between $166,421 - $199,223 |
3 employees received a salary between $199,223 - $232,026 |
Majority of the employees were paid within the salary range encompassing the first quartile breakdown.
The 2024 Ontario Sunshine List shows that the average and median salaries for a Research Assistant Professor are $148,793.41 and $148,227.68, respectively.
In 2024, Ruth Chen, holding the position of Associate Professor / Instructional Design And Education Research Coordinator / Research Assistant at the McMaster University received the highest salary of $232,026.00 among similar positions in Ontario public organizations. Peter R. Driezen, serving as the Research Assistant Professor at University of Waterloo , earned the highest salary of $142,732.28 among individuals in the same position across public organizations in Ontario during that year.
In the year 2024, the highest-paying organizations for Research Assistant Professor and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Northern Ontario School of Medicine with an average pay of $209,587.48; University of Toronto with an average pay of $176,972.18; McMaster University with an average pay of $169,287.79; York University with an average pay of $162,700.74; and University of Ottawa with an average pay of $158,772.23.
A total of 11 organizations had employees who held comparable positions as mentioned in the Ontario Sunshine list.
In the year 2024, the highest-paying sector or industries for Research Assistant Professor and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Universities with an average pay of $149,191.86; and Colleges with an average pay of $129,668.47.
There were 2 sectors where employees held similar positions, as indicated in the Ontario Sunshine list.
The 2024 Ontario Sunshine List indicates that the representation of gender diversity in Research Assistant Professor is 56.25% male and 43.75% female, respectively.
The 2024 Sunshine List has 49 employees who held comparable positions in Ontario.
10 out of 49 employees
Full Name | Job Title | Employer | Total Paid |
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Ruth Chen | Associate Professor / Instructional Design And Education Research Coordinator / Research Assistant | McMaster University | $232,026 |
T C Tai | Professor, Physiology And Assistant Dean, Research | Northern Ontario School of Medicine | $209,587 |
Christopher Sun | Canada Research Chair - Assistant Professor | University of Ottawa | $185,699 |
Melanie Walker | Research Scientist, Assistant Professor | Queen’s University | $184,329 |
Keith Ian Pardee | Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy And Canada Research Chair in Synthetic Biology And Human Health | University of Toronto | $193,166 |
Jose Montenegro Burke | Assistant Professor, Donnelly Centre for Cellular And Biomolecular Research | University of Toronto | $221,667 |
Julie Lee-Yaw | Canada Research Chair - Assistant Professor | University of Ottawa | $176,709 |
Antony Chum | Assistant Professor / Canada Research Chair | York University | $175,777 |
Zihang Lu | Assistant Professor, Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Embedded Clinician Salary Awards grant holder | Queen’s University | $171,899 |
Joshua Nederveen | Assistant Professor / Research Associate | McMaster University | $173,386 |
Year | Total Employee Count | Average Paid |
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2024 | 49 | $148,793 |
2023 | 48 | $141,720 |
2022 | 27 | $145,703 |
2021 | 35 | $136,279 |
2020 | 32 | $136,621 |