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Xiaokun Zhang

Assoc Prof, COMP at Athabasca University Board of Governors. On Alberta’s compensation disclosure list 6 years between 2020 and 2025.

Salary disclosure2025
Xiaokun Zhang
Assoc Prof, COMP
Athabasca University Board of Governors
Compensation
$181,982.55
Source: Government of Alberta, Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act. © Government of Alberta.
Change from 2024: +$3,634 (+2.0%)
6years on
the list

Among 67 people at Athabasca University Board of Governors in 2025

40th highest paid. Their median: $188,608.

Paid more than 53% of everyone on the 2025 compensation disclosure list, which only lists people paid $159,676 or more.

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Compensation by year

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YearCompensation
2020$165,431
2021$163,066
2022$167,918
2023$171,715
2024$178,349
2025$181,983

History

YearEmployer and jobCompensationIn 2025 dollarsChange
2025Athabasca University Board of GovernorsAssoc Prof, COMP$181,983$181,983+$3,634 (+2.0%)
2024Athabasca University Board of GovernorsAssoc Prof, COMP$178,349$181,833+$6,634 (+3.9%)
2023Athabasca University Board of GovernorsAssoc Prof, COMP$171,715$180,190+$3,796 (+2.3%)
2022Athabasca University Board of GovernorsAssoc Prof, COMP$167,918$181,973+$4,852 (+3.0%)
2021Athabasca University Board of GovernorsAssoc Prof, COMP$163,066$188,078−$2,365 (−1.4%)
2020Athabasca University Board of GovernorsAssoc Prof, COMP$165,431$196,871

In 2025 dollars: each year’s pay at 2025 prices, by Alberta’s consumer price index (Statistics Canada, table 18-10-0005-01).

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Questions and answers

Why is Xiaokun Zhang on the compensation disclosure list?

Athabasca University Board of Governors paid Xiaokun Zhang $181,983 in 2025. Alberta’s public employers must disclose everyone they paid $159,676 or more in a calendar year, under the Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act.

What is “compensation”?

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

What do the comparisons mean?

Ranks and shares are among people on the same year’s list only: those with the same title, those at the same employer, or everyone listed. People paid under $159,676 are not on the list, so they are not counted.

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