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University of Waterloo

Universities · FY2025

2,376 disclosed employees* in 2025 16 yrs on file (2010–2025) Waterloo Pop. 587,165 50.8% estimated female
Avg. salary
$167,162
Avg. total comp
$167,737
Total disclosed salary*
$397,176,303
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Total disclosed salary & employees over time 2010–2025

Total disclosed salary Disclosed employees

Top positions FY2025 · ranked by disclosed employees

#PositionDisclosed Emp.Median salaryP90 salaryRaise
1 Associate Professor province-wide 606 $183,587 $226,478 +6.7%
2 Professor province-wide 499 $230,489 $279,208 +4.4%
3 Assistant Professor province-wide 270 $137,962 $176,470 +6.7%
4 Information Systems Specialist province-wide 48 $122,478 $135,025 +2.8%
5 Instructor province-wide 34 $117,199 $138,096 +3.2%
6 Librarian province-wide 23 $131,719 $168,993 +3.1%
7 Account Manager province-wide 13 $121,027 $127,780 +1.4%
8 Project Manager province-wide 9 $103,636 $117,591 +3.1%
9 Special Constable province-wide 9 $110,173 $119,795 n/a
10 Technical Support Specialist province-wide 6 $112,151 $127,170 +3.3%

Workforce history 2010–2025

YearDisclosed Emp.Avg. salaryAvg. total compTotal disclosed salaryNewly disclosedGender
2025 2,376 $167,162 $167,737 $397,176,303 10.0% 50.8% F
2024 2,245 $163,925 $164,422 $368,012,532 12.2% 49.7% F
2023 2,139 $160,956 $161,407 $344,284,692 15.6% 48.6% F
2022 1,903 $160,126 $160,532 $304,719,234 9.1% 46.1% F
2021 1,856 $158,975 $159,289 $295,057,660 9.8% 45.3% F
2020 1,760 $157,799 $158,114 $277,725,435 10.1% 44.5% F
2019 1,676 $156,269 $156,633 $261,906,771 11.5% 43.6% F
2018 1,556 $153,687 $154,031 $239,137,234 11.8% 42.0% F
2017 1,450 $151,388 $151,765 $219,512,124 11.8% 41.1% F
2016 1,357 $150,572 $150,984 $204,326,453 11.9% 40.1% F
2015 1,295 $148,146 $148,588 $191,849,129 11.4% 38.7% F
2014 1,219 $146,503 $146,956 $178,587,668 12.0% 36.9% F
2013 1,139 $143,965 $144,721 $163,976,420 11.4% 36.3% F
2012 1,041 $140,923 $141,727 $146,701,130 12.5% 34.3% F
2011 955 $139,276 $140,703 $133,008,980 10.5% 32.7% F
2010 906 $139,730 $141,108 $126,595,235 100.0% 31.1% F

"Newly disclosed" is the share of that year's disclosed employees appearing on the list for the first time anywhere — not a hire rate. Many already worked here and simply crossed the $100,000 threshold. Gender is a name-based estimate, shown only for years with 20 or more disclosed employees.

Top disclosed earners FY2025

#NameTitleTotal compYoYSector rankPosition rank
1 Vivek Goel President $526,302 +0.0% 31/30976 2/25
2 James Rush Professor $411,552 +0.0% 156/30976 105/6252
3 Renee Miller Professor $408,302 +74.7% 165/30976 110/6252
4 Raouf Boutaba Professor $398,257 +26.4% 192/30976 130/6252
5 Steve Fortin Professor $392,629 +3.7% 215/30976 143/6252
6 Kenneth Klassen Professor $390,138 -0.3% 221/30976 146/6252
7 Blake Phillips Associate Professor $383,790 +10.7% 238/30976 23/5162
8 Elizabeth Demers Professor $383,610 +9.9% 241/30976 163/6252
9 Benjamin Thompson Professor $361,546 +7.0% 333/30976 225/6252
10 Charmaine Dean Vicepresident Research and International $350,732 +0.0% 377/30976 2/11

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