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The University Professor’s road to $100K

0median years to cross $100K — from real careers
Whole-market median (Job Bank, 2025)
$124,995
$100K+ cohort median (2025)
$135,910
Top of the track (90th pct)
$235,470
On the Sunshine List
9,117

Two different populations, on purpose: the market median covers everyone in the occupation (hourly rates annualized at 37.5h/week); the cohort median covers only those already past $100K. The distance between them is the climb.

$100K199620112025
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Median disclosed University Professor salary, every year since the track first appeared on the list.

Who pays professors most

  1. 1University of Toronto$258,523n=36
  2. 2Toronto Metropolitan University$236,010n=304
  3. 3University of Waterloo$231,492n=487
  4. 4University of Guelph$221,986n=295
  5. 5McMaster University$218,386n=357
  6. 6York University$218,308n=335

The top of the track

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