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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Steven Cairns

Assistant Professor · Nipissing University
Assistant ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2018
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$130,663.70
▲ 29.2% since 2018

Steven Cairns was paid $130,663.70 in total compensation as Assistant Professor at Nipissing University in 2025, 31% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Steven Cairns has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2018, earning $929K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $116,150.00 a year, up 29% over that span.

That is 15% below the average disclosed pay of $153,663.89 across 163 listed Nipissing University employees.

$130,663.70
Latest compensation
in 2025
$929K
Total compensation
across 8 years
$116,150.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+29.2%
Career growth
since 2018
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$96K$105K$115K$125K$134K20182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Steven Cairns's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $130,663.70
Lifetime total compensation$929K
Annual average$116,150.00
Total growth since 2018+29.2%
Biggest raise+6.9% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Assistant Professor$130,663.70▲ 0.5%
2024
Assistant Professor$129,975.20▲ 6.9%
2023
$121,577.87▲ 3.5%
2022
Assistant Professor$117,456.82▲ 3.7%
2021
Assistant Professor$113,290.68▲ 3.1%
2020
Assistant Professor$109,891.01▲ 4.5%
2019
Assistant Professor$105,207.34▲ 4.0%
2018First
Assistant Professor$101,135.11
8 years total$929K total$116,150.00 avg
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The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Assistant Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2018
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
8

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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