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Assistant Professor salary in Alberta

40 people with this title were paid $159,676 or more in 2025. Half earned between $180,094 and $210,630.

Median salary
$198,977
+5.5% vs 2024
People on the list
40
Middle half
$180K–$211K
Highest
$339,395

Median salary by year

Among people with this title on the list. The line is the same median in 2025 dollars, by Alberta’s consumer price index (Statistics Canada, table 18-10-0005-01).

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YearMedianIn 2025 dollars
2020$157,671$187,636
2021$161,010$185,706
2022$161,041$174,520
2023$175,677$184,348
2024$188,551$192,235
2025$198,977$198,977

Pay bands

People with this title by salary, 2025.

$100K–$125K0
$125K–$150K0
$150K–$200K20
$200K–$300K19
$300K or more1

Same job, different employer

Median salary at each of the 2 employers with 5 or more people in this job, highest first, against the median for everyone with the title.

Median for everyone with this title: $198,977

Employers with the most

Highest paid in 2025

#NameEmployerCompensationChange
1Ahmed HussainUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$339,395+$97,661 (+40.4%)
2Valeri SokolovskiUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$282,510+$7,828 (+2.8%)
3Sheng-Jun XuUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$266,149+$42,314 (+18.9%)
4Jingxuan ZhangUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$259,584+$7,338 (+2.9%)
5Robin LeeUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$257,685new
6Jingjing WangUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$240,628+$15,471 (+6.9%)
7Minjia LiUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$237,685new
8Bohan SongUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$221,901+$9,219 (+4.3%)
9Yaping ZhengUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$221,901+$9,219 (+4.3%)
10Minjae KimUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$221,636+$7,154 (+3.3%)
11Tito GrilloUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$210,630+$9,298 (+4.6%)
12Sawsan Ibrahim AmmarUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$210,102new
13Megan Rose BaileyUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$210,034+$8,612 (+4.3%)
14Katherine LafreniereUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$209,380
15Katie MehrUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$206,553+$8,871 (+4.5%)
16Mohamad SoltaniUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$203,433+$14,881 (+7.9%)
17James SmithUniversity of Lethbridge Board of Governors$202,337+$7,310 (+3.7%)
18Bryan SpencerUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$201,877new
19Joanna LiUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$201,637new
20Jungsik HyunUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$201,486new
21Param ChhabraUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$196,468+$7,512 (+4.0%)
22Sara MahabadiUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$196,381+$8,048 (+4.3%)
23Chandrew RajakumarUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$194,916new
24Hossein PiriUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$194,566+$23,003 (+13.4%)
25Marlos C. MachadoUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$191,271+$5,212 (+2.8%)
26Lev M TimoshenkoUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$186,905−$2,932 (−1.5%)
27Yanhao WangUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$182,320new
28Jian (Ray) ZhangUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$180,898+$15,330 (+9.3%)
29Serasu DuranUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$180,898+$3,577 (+2.0%)
30Vaarun VijairaghavanUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$180,094+$17,005 (+10.4%)
31Jinhee HuhUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$180,034+$8,612 (+5.0%)
32Samantha Jean DodsonUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$178,296new
33Sule Nur KutluUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$174,435+$3,442 (+2.0%)
34Johnathan Kerr BurchillUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$172,514+$15,304 (+9.7%)
35Adam KinnairdUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$171,149+$11,043 (+6.9%)
36Yiwen JinUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$167,727new
37Catherine HeggerudUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$166,042+$8,718 (+5.5%)
38Joseph Dean RuetherUniversity of Calgary Board of Governors$163,999+$6,617 (+4.2%)
39Dieter BuechlerUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$162,201new
40Reid FriesenUniversity of Alberta Board of Governors$161,849

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Questions and answers

What is the median salary for a Assistant Professor in Alberta’s public sector?

$198,977 among the 40 people with this title on the 2025 list. Only people paid $159,676 or more are listed, so this is not the median for everyone in the job.

How much do most people with the title Assistant Professor on the list earn?

Half were paid between $180,094 and $210,630 in 2025; the highest salary was $339,395.

Which employer pays Assistant Professor the most?

University of Alberta Board of Governors: a median of $206,553 among 23 people in 2025, the highest of the employers with 5 or more in this job.

Which employer has the most people with the title Assistant Professor?

University of Alberta Board of Governors, with 23 on the 2025 list.

How many people with the title Assistant Professor are on the list?

40 in 2025, up from 26 in 2020.

How does Assistant Professor pay compare with the whole list?

Its median, $198,977, is 11.4% above the median of everyone on the 2025 list ($178,591).

How much does a Assistant Professor make at University of Alberta Board of Governors?

The median salary of the 23 people with this title at University of Alberta Board of Governors was $206,553 in 2025.

How much does a Assistant Professor make at University of Calgary Board of Governors?

The median salary of the 16 people with this title at University of Calgary Board of Governors was $180,496 in 2025.

Has Assistant Professor pay gone up?

The median rose 5.5% from 2024 ($188,551) to 2025. In 2020 it was $157,671.

What is “compensation”?

The one pay figure Alberta publishes for each person for the year, shown as published. Alberta does not publish taxable benefits separately, so none are shown. How the lists work

Why is someone not on the list?

Only people paid $159,676 or more in the year are listed, and only by the public employers the Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act covers. Someone paid less that year, or working elsewhere, does not appear.