Zongchao Jia was paid $273,152.28 in total compensation as Professor at Queen's University in 2025, 173% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Zongchao Jia has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 14 times since 2009, earning $2.9M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $207,734.00 a year, up 67% over that span.
That is 56% above the average disclosed pay of $174,913.95 across 1,469 listed Queen's University employees.
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14 years on the list
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The career in numbers
Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.
A career, year by year.
How Zongchao Jia's total compensation has moved across 14 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
14 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $273,152.28 | ▲ 1.4% |
2024 | $269,369.76 | ▲ 30.4% |
2023 | $206,552.72 | ▼ 15.9% |
2022 | $245,698.20 | ▲ 9.6% |
2018 | $224,203.08 | ▲ 2.5% |
2017 | $218,705.92 | ▲ 2.3% |
2016 | $213,825.04 | ▲ 2.0% |
2015 | $209,543.31 | ▲ 2.3% |
2014 | $204,732.44 | ▲ 3.2% |
2013 | $198,426.80 | ▲ 2.9% |
2012 | $192,920.26 | ▲ 30.3% |
2011 | $148,027.04 | ▲ 6.3% |
2010 | $139,245.72 | ▼ 15.0% |
2009First | $163,871.46 | — |
| 14 years total | $2.9M total | $207,734.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor
- Employer
- Queen's University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 14
Data source
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