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University Of Waterloo salaries, 2025

2,376 people paid $100,000 or more in 2025, as disclosed by Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.

People in 2025
2,376
+5.8% vs 2024
Median salary
$153,961
+1.3% vs 2024
Highest salary
$515,000
Total disclosed
$397M

Everyone on the 2025 list

Top 200 of 2,376
#NameSalaryBenefitsChange
1Vivek GoelPresident$515,000$11,302$0
2Renee MillerProfessor$407,658$644+$174,325
3James RushProfessor$400,000$11,552$0
4Raouf BoutabaProfessor$396,821$1,436+$82,948
5Steve FortinProfessor$390,915$1,714+$14,058
6Kenneth KlassenProfessor$388,579$1,559−$1,362
7Elizabeth DemersProfessor$382,844$766+$34,541
8Blake PhillipsAssociate Professor$382,260$1,531+$37,072
9Benjamin ThompsonProfessor$360,377$1,169+$23,694
10Charmaine DeanVice-President, Research and International$350,000$732$0
11Jacinda ReitsmaVice-President, Administration and Finance$350,000$732$0
12Alexie TcheuyapDean, Faculty of Arts$343,868$1,504+$175,868
13Nenone L. DonaldsonVice-President, Advancement and External Relations$343,597$706+$38,705
14Sushanta K. MitraProfessor$341,489$1,052+$12,858
15David EdwardsProfessor$336,026$643+$14,611
16Jefim E. BoritzProfessor$335,937$14+$35,762
17Mark GiesbrechtProfessor$334,587$1,464+$13,484
18Sanjeev GillAssociate Vice-President, Innovation$330,679$9,650+$8,101
19Claudio CanizaresProfessor$329,267$562+$19,350
20Charles A. PressleeAssociate Professor$327,153$593+$25,520
21Krista FiolleauAssociate Professor$326,571$1,408+$63,000
22Anita LaytonProfessor$326,363$1,496−$6,999
23Nadarajah AsokanProfessor$322,123$558+$63,340
24Will PercivalProfessor$321,572$1,164+$12,002
25Mary WellsDean, Faculty of Engineering$321,371$589+$12,596
26Lili LiuDean, Faculty of Health$321,065$1,051+$13,464
27Tamer OzsuProfessor$319,991$14+$12,454
28Stephen M. WattProfessor$317,364$664+$12,143
29Jie Joyce TianAssociate Professor$313,875$600+$18,249
30Tony WirjantoProfessor$313,683$639+$24,625
31Paul FieguthAssociate Vice-President, Academic Operations$309,875$909+$23,797
32Philippe Van CappellenProfessor$309,404$595+$12,471
33Norah McraeAssociate Provost, Cooperative and Experiential Education$308,831$1,428+$26,692
34Timothy D. BauerAssociate Professor$308,706$1,300+$22,898
35Bradley M. PomeroyAssociate Professor$307,693$593+$30,194
36Theophanis StratopoulosProfessor$306,455$585+$20,139
37Kankar BhattacharyaProfessor$305,788$1,250+$16,018
38Alan V. DouglasAssociate Professor$305,588$623+$21,214
39Anwarul HasanProfessor$305,239$1,296+$39,391
40Shavin MalhotraProfessor$304,983$1,321+$25,202
41Andrew M. BauerAssociate Professor$304,178$923+$33,003
42Stanley WooProfessor$303,257$1,445+$5,092
43Achim KempfProfessor$302,331$869+$65,776
44Magdy SalamaProfessor$302,042$14+$9,866
45Changling ChenAssociate Professor$301,984$1,421+$31,768
46James R. ThompsonAssociate Professor$300,714$1,383+$24,173
47Raafat MansourProfessor$300,113$183+$10,181
48Adam VitalisAssociate Professor$299,948$588+$37,789
49Tu NguyenAssociate Professor$298,938$1,333+$10,837
50Douglas M. PeersProfessor$298,531$1,459+$12,536
51Jimmy LinProfessor$298,463$583+$1,824
52Tyler F. ThomasAssociate Professor$297,761$586+$20,129
53Sasan SaiyAssociate Professor$297,080$582+$40,847
54Sheshakamal JayaramProfessor$296,186$553+$33,692
55Catherine RosenbergProfessor$295,780$1,445+$13,715
56Roy BrouwerProfessor$295,663$1,249+$11,512
57Seda OzAssociate Professor$295,372$553+$38,300
58Linda F. NazarProfessor$294,300$593+$8,984
59Neil BrisleyAssociate Professor$293,906$1,360+$6,809
60Manoj SachdevProfessor$293,590$1,434+$12,976
61Brian McnamaraProfessor$293,300$593−$4,391
62Stefan SteinerProfessor$293,096$1,229+$37,389
63John McpheeProfessor$291,781$1,353+$13,866
64Richard J. CookProfessor$291,194$589+$12,740
65Andrea EdgintonProfessor$290,937$1,275+$11,758
66Norbert N. LuetkenhausProfessor$289,423$878+$11,564
67Sheila L. AgerProfessor$289,092$558+$4,483
68William Alexander CramAssociate Professor$288,067$543+$16,313
69Chris HouserDean, Faculty of Science$286,777$1,270+$11,568
70Mark WeberProfessor$286,003$1,300+$11,930
71David Andrew WelchProfessor$285,788$953+$11,203
72Nickola VoegelinGeneral Counsel$285,641$1,395+$9,869
73Alan HuangProfessor$285,374$1,408+$15,290
74Daniel Sang KimAssistant Professor$283,885$1,314+$11,474
75Syed Walid RezaAssistant Professor$283,787$563+$11,325
76Michel GingrasProfessor$283,566$588+$7,073
77Bruce FrayneDean, Faculty of Environment$283,386$1,189+$12,557
78Lyndon JonesProfessor$281,735$1,303−$3,202
79Charles L. ClarkeProfessor$280,405$1,282+$39,831
80Weihua ZhuangProfessor$279,825$1,327+$18,229
81Navaratnam Sri NamachchivayaProfessor$279,743$586+$6,339
82Catherine BurnsProfessor$279,484$528+$4,396
83Kevin ReschProfessor$279,139$1,276+$11,003
84Deborah KraftAssociate Professor, Teaching Stream$278,102$489+$15,916
85Robin CohenProfessor$277,448$14+$11,530
86Michael FowlerProfessor$275,686$546+$12,890
87Jennifer ClappProfessor$275,489$1,273+$11,542
88Mark R. ServosProfessor$274,998$547+$8,154
89Donna StricklandProfessor$274,411$575+$11,840
90Sue Ann CampbellProfessor$273,661$1,249+$11,028
91Jack P. CallaghanProfessor$273,050$540+$11,650
92Marianna FoldvariProfessor$272,276$1,257+$10,458
93Kerstin DautenhahnProfessor$272,110$1,269+$4,163
94Pierre-Nicholas RoyProfessor$271,932$1,255+$11,476
95Sarah L. HadleyAssociate Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer$270,604$1,322+$9,297
96Wendy L. FletcherPast President, Professor, Renison University College$270,000$941$0
97Lisa Aultman-HallProfessor$268,936$532+$11,260
98Christine McwebbAssociate Vice-President, Faculty and Academic Life$268,528$489+$11,859
99Marios IoannidisProfessor$267,539$1,184+$34,399
100John HirdesProfessor$267,478$1,283+$2,212
101Monica B. EmelkoProfessor$267,450$1,234+$11,102
102Xuemin ShenProfessor$267,428$568+$16,265
103Hany AzizProfessor$266,019$1,239+$14,036
104Roydon A. FraserProfessor$265,473$556+$11,532
105Duane CroninProfessor$265,205$873+$12,052
106Michelle HollisChief Human Resources Officer$265,082$1,295+$9,086
107Wayne J. ParkerProfessor$264,825$1,294+$11,507
108Richard CleveProfessor$264,538$516+$9,945
109Stephen A. VavasisProfessor$264,279$1,291+$11,240
110Eric CroisetProfessor$263,291$886+$19,823
111David W. BlowesProfessor$262,828$550+$10,797
112David M. DevidiAssociate Vice-President, Academic$262,816$1,187+$12,374
113Siva SivoththamanProfessor$262,593$1,247−$6,316
114Heather KellerProfessor$262,557$1,284+$14,612
115Geoffrey T. FongProfessor$262,331$549+$11,361
116Carl T. HaasProfessor$262,147$1,317+$4,513
117Yuying LiProfessor$261,879$1,243+$12,006
118Lila KariProfessor$261,830$1,218+$15,567
119Nancy N. WaiteProfessor$261,717$1,423+$1,135
120John F. HonekProfessor$261,564$359+$8,700
121Mark ArnasonAssociate Professor, Teaching Stream$261,530$407+$27,884
122Ehsan ToyserkaniProfessor$261,360$1,204+$12,105
123Mahesh D. PandeyProfessor$261,058$1,227+$658
124John CorriganProfessor$261,037$1,193+$11,882
125David A. ClausiProfessor$260,886$1,275+$817
126Levent TuncelProfessor$260,860$1,300+$16,644
127Marc JerryPresident and Vice-Chancellor, Renison University College$260,000$1,869+$130,000
128Sanjeev BediProfessor$259,967$821+$5,822
129Hassan BaajProfessor$259,895$1,099+$27,037
130Wei-Chau XieProfessor$259,771$1,269+$11,352
131Alexander PenlidisProfessor$259,681$544+$10,714
132Shai Ben-DavidProfessor$259,678$14+$10,670
133James F. GeelenProfessor$259,336$543+$35,201
134Dayan D. BanProfessor$259,258$1,186+$8,637
135Guang GongProfessor$259,166$543+$11,694
136Robert ParkProfessor$259,101$525+$6,835
137Samir ElhedhliProfessor$258,728$1,264+$3,312
138David LandriaultProfessor$258,489$815+$30,608
139En-Hui H. YangProfessor$258,374$541+$4,563
140Harvir S. BansalAssociate Professor$258,291$1,226+$4,331
141Michael K. C. K. TamProfessor$258,281$541+$10,631
142Ravi R. MazumdarProfessor$257,434$172+$10,149
143Sepideh EbrahimiAssistant Professor$257,395$1,199+$10,404
144Zhou WangProfessor$257,331$508+$13,815
145Brian DixonProfessor$257,214$1,196+$9,936
146Chris A. ReadAssociate Provost, Students$256,920$1,255+$8,776
147Ondrej LhotakProfessor$256,247$1,197+$13,776
148Krzysztof CzarneckiProfessor$256,191$1,179+$8,039
149Joel N. BlitAssociate Professor$256,024$892+$69,043
150Blair FeltmateHead, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation$255,974$538+$29,026
151Eric R. HaldenbyProfessor$255,716$14+$10,445
152Hamidreza Jahed MotlaghProfessor$255,287$1,248+$11,437
153Beth S. NamachchivayaUniversity Librarian$255,146$534+$8,708
154Jennifer SaulProfessor$255,104$526+$14,048
155Norman Y. ZhouProfessor$254,985$1,246−$2,001
156Riemer FaberProfessor$254,811$1,236+$38,746
157Paul J MurphyProfessor$254,774$1,245+$10,740
158Suzan IlcanProfessor$254,661$739+$14,038
159Frank R. SafayeniProfessor$254,630$14+$23,183
160Wing Lok WanProfessor$254,467$1,183+$14,547
161Amir KhajepourProfessor$254,204$1,242+$10,640
162Randy HarrisProfessor$254,175$532+$11,382
163Carolyn G. MacgregorAssociate Professor$254,077$509+$12,106
164Gregory SmithAssociate Vice-President, Chief Information Officer$254,036$1,241+$8,666
165Hector BudmanProfessor$254,023$532+$10,970
166Amir K. KhandaniProfessor$253,973$532+$10,598
167Lisa ChristianAssociate Professor$253,933$1,176+$15,945
168Michael CollinsProfessor$253,685$862−$1,036
169Anindya SenProfessor$253,653$505−$3,765
170Claude R. DuguayProfessor$253,520$1,239+$7,847
171Zheng-Yu ChenProfessor$253,515$1,239+$12,468
172Pascal PoupartProfessor$253,507$1,239+$13,298
173David MckinnonProfessor$253,403$501+$12,388
174Xianshe FengProfessor$253,019$1,237+$11,568
175Gerald SchneiderProfessor$252,455$14+$9,691
176Ian H. RowlandsProfessor$252,430$1,217+$15,163
177Karim S. KarimProfessor$252,401$1,185+$2,040
178Helen JarvieProfessor$252,324$507+$16,629
179Henry WolkowiczProfessor$252,186$14+$10,830
180Fue-Sang S. LienProfessor$252,018$682+$11,110
181Jean BeckerAssociate Vice-President, Indigenous Relations$251,661$14+$39,544
182Stephen D. MurphyProfessor$251,617$527+$11,497
183Katherine AchesonProfessor$251,616$1,176+$13,440
184Zbigniew WasilewskiProfessor$251,549$254+$11,874
185Changbao WuProfessor$251,115$1,139+$11,910
186Winfried SiemerlingProfessor$250,928$525+$11,797
187Nicholas J. ManningAssociate Vice-President, Communications and Institutional Relations$250,867$891+$17,817
188Teresa BoakeProfessor$250,648$521+$8,282
189Omar O. RamahiProfessor$250,629$525+$12,032
190David L. RudolphProfessor$250,062$524+$10,713
191Martin KarstenProfessor$249,912$1,160+$12,091
192Jeffrey M. CaselloProfessor$249,727$1,161+$4,468
193Bruce MuirheadProfessor$249,670$14+$13,454
194Scott WalbridgeProfessor$249,319$1,136+$15,004
195David HammondProfessor$249,280$1,219+$15,579
196Richard KellyProfessor$249,026$1,217+$9,522
197Scott LeatherdaleProfessor$248,820$1,167+$22,161
198A. Russell TuplingProfessor$248,768$1,157+$11,499
199Robert J. Van PeltProfessor$248,763$368−$8,139
200Alexander SchiedProfessor$248,704$1,214−$4,743

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