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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 4 years

Liqun Cao

ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2022
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$227,847.92
▲ 18.4% since 2022

Liqun Cao was paid $227,847.92 in total compensation as Professor at Ontario Tech University in 2025, 128% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Liqun Cao has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2022, earning $863K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $215,688.00 a year, up 18% over that span.

That is 50% above the average disclosed pay of $152,301.32 across 478 listed Ontario Tech University employees.

$227,847.92
Latest compensation
in 2025
$863K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$215,688.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+18.4%
Career growth
since 2022
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$186K$198K$209K$221K$232K2022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Liqun Cao's total compensation has moved across 4 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $227,847.92
Lifetime total compensation$863K
Annual average$215,688.00
Total growth since 2022+18.4%
Biggest raise+13.3% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Professor$227,847.92▲ 1.5%
2024
Professor$224,506.20▲ 3.0%
2023
$217,966.74▲ 13.3%
2022First
Professor$192,431.67
4 years total$863K total$215,688.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2022
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
4

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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