Public Salaries
Ontario public pay

Michael Brown

Professor at York University. On Ontario’s disclosure list 8 years between 2017 and 2025.

Salary disclosure2025
Michael Brown
Professor
York University
Salary paid
$124,628.92
Taxable benefits
$478.20
Total disclosed
$125,107.12
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2024: −$145,237 (−53.8%)
8years on
the list

Among 9,117 people with the title “Professor” in 2025

Paid more than 22% of them. Their median: $135,910.

Among 2,557 people at York University in 2025

1,962nd highest paid. Their median: $157,104.

Paid more than 54% of everyone on the 2025 disclosure list, which only lists people paid $100,000 or more.

middle 80%middle halfmedianthis personspacing grows with pay (log scale)

Salary by year

Show as a table
YearSalaryMedian for the job
2017$218,067$163,118
2018$240,785$190,180
2020$176,465$222,690
2021$248,010$118,671
2022$258,320$217,968
2023$260,047$223,273
2024$269,866$127,753
2025$124,629$135,910

History

YearEmployer and jobSalaryBenefitsChange
2025York UniversityProfessor$124,629$478−$145,237 (−53.8%)
2024York UniversityProfessor$269,866$956+$9,819 (+3.8%)
2023York UniversityProfessor/Canada Research Chair$260,047$956+$1,727 (+0.7%)
2022York UniversityProfessor / Canada Research Chair$258,320$993+$10,310 (+4.2%)
2021York UniversityProfessor$248,010$1,065+$71,545 (+40.5%)
2020York UniversityProfessor /Canada Research Chair$176,465$710
2018York UniversityProfessor / Canada Research Chair$240,785$1,223+$22,718 (+10.4%)
2017York UniversityProfessor$218,067$1,218

Compare

Questions and answers

Why is Michael Brown on the disclosure list?

York University paid Michael Brown $124,629 in 2025. Ontario’s public employers must disclose everyone they paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year, under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.

What does “salary paid” include?

What the employer paid in the calendar year, so it can include overtime, retroactive pay, vacation payouts, severance or a partial year. Taxable benefits are listed separately. 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 $100,000 are not on the list, so they are not counted.

How do I report a mistake or ask for a record to be removed?

Privacy and corrections explains both. Figures are shown exactly as Ontario published them; we fix matching mistakes and handle removal requests there.

Years are matched by name and employer. 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