Yin Chen was paid $177,349.73 in total compensation as Associate Professor at Lakehead University in 2025, 77% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Yin Chen has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 16 times since 2010, earning $2.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $140,387.00 a year, up 70% over that span.
That is 15% above the average disclosed pay of $154,039.42 across 421 listed Lakehead University employees.
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16 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Yin Chen's total compensation has moved across 16 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
16 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $177,349.73 | ▲ 3.6% |
2024 | $171,146.16 | ▲ 5.9% |
2023 | $161,600.69 | ▲ 1.8% |
2022 | $158,710.84 | ▲ 2.0% |
2021 | $155,535.51 | ▲ 1.8% |
2020 | $152,832.15 | ▲ 2.8% |
2019 | $148,606.62 | ▲ 3.5% |
2018 | $143,643.90 | ▲ 3.6% |
2017 | $138,716.67 | ▲ 3.7% |
2016 | $133,754.51 | ▲ 3.9% |
2015 | $128,736.50 | ▲ 4.1% |
2014 | $123,697.86 | ▲ 4.3% |
2013 | $118,652.41 | ▼ 0.0% |
2012 | $118,692.57 | ▲ 7.4% |
2011 | $110,464.80 | ▲ 6.2% |
2010First | $104,057.48 | — |
| 16 years total | $2.2M total | $140,387.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Employer
- Lakehead University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2010
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 16
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