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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 4 years

Zaiyi Liao

ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2022
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$210,842.88
▲ 4.7% since 2022

Zaiyi Liao was paid $210,842.88 in total compensation as Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2025, 111% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Zaiyi Liao has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2022, earning $852K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $212,970.00 a year, up 5% over that span.

That is 29% above the average disclosed pay of $163,459.17 across 2,039 listed Toronto Metropolitan University employees.

$210,842.88
Latest compensation
in 2025
$852K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$212,970.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+4.7%
Career growth
since 2022
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$197K$205K$212K$219K$227K2022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $223,865.19
Lifetime total compensation$852K
Annual average$212,970.00
Total growth since 2022+4.7%
Biggest raise+7.1% (2023)
Biggest drop-5.8% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Professor$210,842.88▼ 5.8%
2024★ Best
Professor$223,865.19▲ 3.8%
2023
$215,734.93▲ 7.1%
2022First
Professor$201,436.58
4 years total$852K total$212,970.00 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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