Ontario public pay
Saeed Zolfaghari
Vice President Admin and Operations at Toronto Metropolitan University. On Ontario’s disclosure list 21 years between 2005 and 2025.
Salary disclosure2025
- Salary paid
- $345,000.00
- Taxable benefits
- $1,435.80
- Total disclosed
- $346,435.80
Source: Government of Ontario, Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. © King’s Printer for Ontario.
Change from 2024: −$5,000 (−1.4%)21years on
the list
Change from 2024: −$5,000 (−1.4%)21years on
the list
Among 2,039 people at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2025
9th highest paid. Their median: $145,594.
$345,000$100,003$471,070
Paid more than 99% 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
SalaryMedian for the job
$354K$345K
Show as a table
| Year | Salary | Median for the job |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | $104,518 | $110,575 |
| 2006 | $104,256 | $111,225 |
| 2007 | $129,605 | $113,532 |
| 2008 | $126,834 | $115,180 |
| 2009 | $138,150 | $118,140 |
| 2010 | $143,464 | $131,436 |
| 2011 | $162,421 | $111,093 |
| 2012 | $176,085 | $111,392 |
| 2013 | $173,518 | $112,751 |
| 2014 | $190,839 | |
| 2015 | $221,550 | |
| 2016 | $222,600 | |
| 2017 | $220,500 | |
| 2018 | $241,950 | |
| 2019 | $257,926 | |
| 2020 | $340,345 | $251,721 |
| 2021 | $353,823 | $273,000 |
| 2022 | $280,204 | |
| 2023 | $300,000 | |
| 2024 | $350,000 | |
| 2025 | $345,000 |
History
| Year | Employer and job | Salary | Benefits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Toronto Metropolitan UniversityVice President Admin and Operations | $345,000 | $1,436 | −$5,000 |
| 2024 | Toronto Metropolitan UniversityVice President Admin and Operations | $350,000 | $1,629 | +$50,000 |
| 2023 | Toronto Metropolitan UniversityVice President Admin and Operations | $300,000 | $1,654 | +$19,796 |
| 2022 | Toronto Metropolitan UniversityVice President Administration and Operations · moved here | $280,204 | $1,543 | −$73,618 |
| 2021 | Ryerson UniversityProvost and Vice President Academic | $353,823 | $1,182 | +$13,477 |
| 2020 | Ryerson UniversityProvost and Vice President Academic | $340,345 | $1,324 | +$82,419 |
| 2019 | Ryerson UniversityVice Provost Faculty Affairs | $257,926 | $1,304 | +$15,976 |
| 2018 | Ryerson UniversityVice Provost Faculty Affairs | $241,950 | $1,518 | +$21,450 |
| 2017 | Ryerson UniversityVice Provost Faculty Affairs | $220,500 | $1,632 | −$2,100 |
| 2016 | Ryerson UniversityVice Provost Faculty Affairs | $222,600 | $1,632 | +$1,050 |
| 2015 | Ryerson UniversityVice Provost, Faculty Affairs | $221,550 | $1,518 | +$30,711 |
| 2014 | Ryerson UniversityVice Provost- Faculty Affairs | $190,839 | $1,088 | +$17,321 |
| 2013 | Ryerson UniversityProfessor | $173,518 | $935 | −$2,567 |
| 2012 | Ryerson UniversityProfessor | $176,085 | $861 | +$13,664 |
| 2011 | Ryerson UniversityProfessor | $162,421 | $814 | +$18,956 |
| 2010 | Ryerson UniversityProfessor | $143,464 | $807 | +$5,315 |
| 2009 | Ryerson UniversityAssociate Professor | $138,150 | $847 | +$11,316 |
| 2008 | Ryerson UniversityAssociate Professor | $126,834 | $4,038 | −$2,771 |
| 2007 | Ryerson UniversityAssociate Professor | $129,605 | $878 | +$25,349 |
| 2006 | Ryerson UniversityAssociate Professor | $104,256 | $792 | −$261 |
| 2005 | Ryerson UniversityAssociate Professor | $104,518 | $788 |
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