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Hekmat Alighanbari

Chair Aerospace Engineering at Toronto Metropolitan University. On Ontario’s disclosure list 19 years between 2007 and 2025.

Salary disclosure2025
Hekmat Alighanbari
Chair Aerospace Engineering
Toronto Metropolitan University
Salary paid
$256,362.38
Taxable benefits
$1,435.80
Total disclosed
$257,798.18
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2024: +$5,427 (+2.2%)
19years on
the list

Among 2,039 people at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2025

130th highest paid. Their median: $145,594.

Paid more than 98% of everyone on the 2025 disclosure list, which only lists people paid $100,000 or more.

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Salary by year

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YearSalaryMedian for the job
2007$101,125$113,532
2008$104,481$115,180
2009$116,800$118,140
2010$121,067$119,883
2011$124,984$122,420
2012$137,362$111,392
2013$146,191$112,751
2014$153,131$113,629
2015$169,658$116,040
2016$174,731$112,537
2017$178,416$163,118
2018$182,060$115,265
2019$205,180
2020$203,698
2021$214,081
2022$217,068
2023$242,758
2024$250,935
2025$256,362

History

YearEmployer and jobSalaryBenefitsChange
2025Toronto Metropolitan UniversityChair Aerospace Engineering$256,362$1,436+$5,427
2024Toronto Metropolitan UniversityChair Aerospace Engineering$250,935$1,354+$8,177
2023Toronto Metropolitan UniversityChair Aerospace Engineering$242,758$1,308+$25,689
2022Toronto Metropolitan UniversityChair Aerospace Engineering · moved here$217,068$1,258+$2,988
2021Ryerson UniversityChair Aerospace Engineering$214,081$1,182+$10,383
2020Ryerson UniversityChair Aerospace Engineering$203,698$1,130−$1,482
2019Ryerson UniversityChair Aerospace Engineering$205,180$1,067+$23,120
2018Ryerson UniversityProfessor$182,060$1,209+$3,644
2017Ryerson UniversityProfessor$178,416$1,266+$3,686
2016Ryerson UniversityProfessor$174,731$1,200+$5,072
2015Ryerson UniversityProfessor$169,658$1,062+$16,527
2014Ryerson UniversityProfessor$153,131$826+$6,940
2013Ryerson UniversityProfessor$146,191$787+$8,829
2012Ryerson UniversityProfessor$137,362$724+$12,377
2011Ryerson UniversityAssociate Professor$124,984$672+$3,917
2010Ryerson UniversityAssociate Professor$121,067$716+$4,268
2009Ryerson UniversityAssociate Professor$116,800$793+$12,318
2008Ryerson UniversityAssociate Professor$104,481$777+$3,356
2007Ryerson UniversityAssociate Professor$101,125$836

Years at different employers were matched because the name appears once on each year’s list with the same job or sector. Salary paid can include overtime, retroactive pay and one-time payments. Figures are exactly as Ontario published them. How we match years · Report a mistake or ask for removal