Top Earners

The province-wide leaderboard of the highest-paid disclosed employees*, filterable by sector and exact position. Looking for one specific employer's top earners? Its profile page has its own top-10 list.

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Biggest increases total comp, 2024 → 2025

Julian Birkinshaw — Dean Ivey Business School and Professor University of Western Ontario · $256,289 → $658,561 +$402,272

Timothy Snyder — Professor University of Toronto · $169,393 → $509,265 +$339,872

Bing Han — Professor of Finance University of Toronto · $202,628 → $486,615 +$283,987

Marci Shore — Professor University of Toronto · $115,928 → $387,653 +$271,726

William Rosehart — Provost and Vice President Academic University of Guelph · $134,413 → $393,713 +$259,301

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Hong Luo — Associate Professor Strategic Management University of Toronto · $138,353 → $396,910 +$258,558

Lisa Robinson — Professor Biochemistry and Dean Temerty Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto · $241,129 → $490,705 +$249,576

Muhammet Guvenen — Professor University of Toronto · $225,064 → $470,498 +$245,434

Stephen Vanner — Professor Queens University · $130,342 → $364,865 +$234,523

Brian Rathbun — Professor University of Toronto · $177,431 → $399,965 +$222,534

People disclosed in both years, at the same employer. Large jumps often reflect a partial previous year, a promotion, retroactive pay or a one-time payment, not a raise in base salary.

People earning $250,000+ total comp · +149% since 2021

925

2021

1,064

2022

1,477

2023

1,755

2024

2,306

2025

Nominal dollars: like the $100,000 disclosure line, $250,000 isn't adjusted for inflation.

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Top 100 matching, FY2025

Rank	Name	Employer	Position	Total comp	YoY
#34	Alan Aspuruguzik	University of Toronto	Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science	$684,041	-3.3%
#41	Julian Birkinshaw	University of Western Ontario	Dean Ivey Business School and Professor	$658,561	+158.4%
#50	John Yoo	University of Western Ontario	Dean and Professor and Medical Doctor	$632,807	+4.1%
#55	Anthony Tang	University of Western Ontario	Professor and Medical Doctor	$625,030	+13.6%
#56	Steven Hoffman	York University	Professor and Senior Advisor and Advisor and Endowed Chair	$622,459	-5.9%
#57	Brian Golden	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$616,858	+17.2%
#62	Mikhail Simutin	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Finance	$603,115	+9.3%
#63	David Goldreich	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$602,270	+8.5%
#69	Theodore Brown	University of Toronto	Professor Obstetrics and Gynaecology	$598,224	+23.2%
#72	William Strange	University of Toronto	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	$596,242	+13.5%
#74	Meric Gertler	University of Toronto	Professor of Geography and Planning	$588,914	+0.0%
#82	Weiyi Liao	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$576,190	+11.9%
#83	Dilip Soman	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$575,529	+20.2%
#84	Partha Mohanram	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$573,321	+17.0%
#85	Glen Whyte	University of Toronto	Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Ma…	$572,918	+13.5%
#91	Wendy Rotenberg	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$565,316	+22.5%
#92	Mihnea Moldoveanu	University of Toronto	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	$563,644	+11.0%
#95	Craig Doidge	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$561,419	+11.6%
#98	Jane Philpott	Queens University	Chair Connecting Every Ontarian to Primary Health Care Initiative	$556,792	+0.7%
#104	Alan Shepard	University of Western Ontario	President and Vicechancellor	$550,608	+4.5%
#107	Liyan Yang	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$544,080	+11.2%
#110	Cheryl Misak	University of Toronto	Professor of Philosophy	$540,087	+15.7%
#115	Ajay Agrawal	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$537,808	+9.1%
#117	Inghaw Cheng	University of Toronto	Associate Professor Finance	$537,470	+23.6%
#118	Sarita Verma	Northern Ontario School of Medicine	Pastpresident	$536,619	+2.3%
#119	Rhonda Lenton	York University	President and Vice Chancellor and Professor	$536,347	-5.5%
#120	Joseph Milner	University of Toronto	Professor of Operations Management and Statistics	$536,174	+23.1%
#122	Olekristian Hope	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$535,760	+9.1%
#127	Alexander Dyck	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$532,333	+4.7%
#135	Joel Baum	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$528,977	+9.0%
#139	Vivek Goel	University of Waterloo	President	$526,302	+0.0%
#140	Susan Christoffersen	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$526,210	+1.6%
#141	Walid Hejazi	University of Toronto	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	$526,120	+19.8%
#154	David Soberman	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$521,347	+19.3%
#160	Shailesh Dubey	Queens University	Lecturer	$517,422	+8.9%
#162	Brian Silverman	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$516,636	+0.0%
#167	Bernardo Blum	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	$513,682	+6.8%
#176	Timothy Snyder	University of Toronto	Professor	$509,265	+200.6%
#180	Diego Restuccia	University of Toronto	Professor of Economics	$507,490	+9.6%
#182	Alexander Edwards	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Accounting	$505,887	+14.7%
#185	Cheryl Regehr	University of Toronto	Professor Factorinwentash Faculty of Social Work	$505,175	+4.5%
#186	Thomas McCurdy	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$505,022	+19.2%
#187	Kenneth Corts	University of Toronto	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	$504,186	+5.7%
#192	Rene Van Acker	University of Guelph	President and Vicechancellor	$500,621	+48.4%
#193	Lionel Young	University of Toronto	Vicepresident and Provost; Professor of Psychiatry Temerty …	$500,426	+0.0%
#196	Claudia Emerson	McMaster University	Professor	$498,592	+4.1%
#200	Jeffrey Callen	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$496,243	+12.2%
#202	Mohamed Lachemi	Toronto Metropolitan University	President	$495,703	+3.0%
#211	Lisa Robinson	University of Toronto	Professor Biochemistry and Dean Temerty Faculty of Medicine	$490,705	+102.2%
#212	David Peters	York University	Professor and Dean	$490,384	-1.9%
#215	David Farrar	McMaster University	Professor	$488,506	-6.9%
#218	Joshua Gans	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$486,913	+10.0%
#219	Bing Han	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$486,615	+142.4%
#224	Redouane Elkamhi	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Finance	$483,779	+12.3%
#237	Gary Latham	University of Toronto	Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Ma…	$477,858	+14.0%
#240	Yoram Halevy	University of Toronto	Professor of Economics	$476,596	+17.4%
#241	John Borrows	University of Toronto	Professor of Law	$476,532	+13.3%
#242	Susan Tighe	McMaster University	President and Vicechancellor	$476,373	+5.3%
#247	Bernard Jasmin	University of Ottawa	Professeure Ou Professeur Titulaire and Full Professor	$474,155	-9.8%
#250	Alexandre Corhay	University of Toronto	Professor of Finance	$473,441	+29.4%
#253	Paul Obyrne	McMaster University	Dean and Vicepresident Health Sciences and Professor	$472,802	n/a
#255	Chayawat Ornthanalai	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Finance	$472,236	+16.1%
#256	Avi Goldfarb	University of Toronto	Professor of Marketing	$471,887	+15.8%
#263	Muhammet Guvenen	University of Toronto	Professor	$470,498	+107.6%
#265	Jason Wei	University of Toronto	Professor of Management	$469,733	+11.0%
#274	Hai Lu	University of Toronto	Professor of Accounting	$467,459	+12.6%
#288	Scott Rutherford	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Strategic Management	$463,078	+17.2%
#290	Detlev Zwick	York University	Dean and Associate Professor	$462,485	-4.1%
#292	Janice Stein	University of Toronto	University Professor of Political Science and Harrowston Pr…	$462,410	+16.6%
#295	Jim Clayton	York University	Professor and Endowed Chair and Director and Program Director	$461,996	-3.0%
#296	Pankaj Aggarwal	University of Toronto	Professor of Management	$461,322	+4.5%
#298	Sergei Davydenko	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Finance	$461,140	+9.3%
#301	Dmitry Krass	University of Toronto	Professor of Operations Management and Statistics	$460,909	+14.5%
#304	Gerhard Trippen	University of Toronto	Associate Professor Teaching Stream Department of Management	$460,402	+18.0%
#308	Andras Tilcsik	University of Toronto	Professor of Strategic Management	$459,964	+0.0%
#314	Sajeev John	University of Toronto	University Professor of Physics	$459,105	+17.8%
#316	Deborah Maclatchy	Wilfrid Laurier University	President	$458,798	+13.1%
#334	Michael Green	Northern Ontario School of Medicine	President Vice Chancellor Dean and Chief Executive Officer	$454,925	n/a
#335	Barry Craig	Huron University College	President	$454,594	+0.2%
#340	Leah Cowen	University of Toronto	Vicepresident Research and Innovation and Strategic Initiat…	$453,751	+0.0%
#343	Wisdom Tettey	Carleton University	President and Vice Chancellor	$452,889	+20.1%
#344	Daniel Trefler	University of Toronto	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	$452,770	-1.1%
#345	Salim Yusuf	McMaster University	Professor	$452,745	-10.0%
#347	Jan Mahrtsmith	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Finance	$452,607	+1.9%
#349	Yeheskel Barisaac	University of Toronto	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	$452,327	+9.4%
#350	Keehong Bae	York University	Professor and Endowed Chair	$452,216	-3.2%
#351	Melanie Woodin	University of Toronto	President; Professor of Cell and Systems Biology	$451,794	+15.5%
#360	Mohit Bhandari	McMaster University	Professor	$448,979	+0.0%
#368	Cristina Amon	University of Toronto	Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering	$447,851	+13.4%
#369	David Zweig	University of Toronto	Professor of Management and Vicedean Recruitment Enrolment …	$447,827	+11.1%
#371	Scott Mabury	University of Toronto	Vicepresident Operations and Real Estate Partnerships; Prof…	$447,802	-0.2%
#372	Kelly Hannahmoffat	University of Toronto	Vicepresident People Strategy Equity and Culture; Professor…	$447,677	-0.2%
#375	Abraham Iqbal	University of Toronto	Associate Professor Teaching Stream Department of Management	$447,029	+10.9%
#380	Jacques Fremont	University of Ottawa	Professeure Ou Professeur Titulaire and Full Professor	$446,657	+10.0%
#382	Lisa Strug	University of Toronto	Professor of Statistical Sciences and Computer Science and …	$446,358	+11.5%
#383	Stephen Williamson	University of Western Ontario	Professor	$446,179	+2.6%
#399	Victor Aguirregabiria	University of Toronto	Professor of Economics	$444,545	+11.0%
#400	Varouj Aivazian	University of Toronto	Professor Department of Economics	$444,490	+9.3%
#407	Brenda Cossman	University of Toronto	Professor of Law and Associate Dean Research	$443,510	+16.4%
#408	Andrey Golubov	University of Toronto	Associate Professor of Finance	$443,497	+24.3%