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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Aaron Shafer

Associate Professor · Trent University
Associate ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$152,274.91
▲ 45.2% since 2017

Aaron Shafer was paid $152,274.91 in total compensation as Associate Professor at Trent University in 2025, 52% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Aaron Shafer has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2017, earning $991K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $123,825.00 a year, up 45% over that span.

That is 2% below the average disclosed pay of $155,289.04 across 454 listed Trent University employees.

$152,274.91
Latest compensation
in 2025
$991K
Total compensation
across 8 years
$123,825.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+45.2%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$92K$109K$125K$142K$158K20172019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $152,274.91
Lifetime total compensation$991K
Annual average$123,825.00
Total growth since 2017+45.2%
Biggest raise+17.0% (2020)
Biggest drop-3.3% (2019)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Professor$152,274.91▲ 8.9%
2024
Associate Professor$139,835.85▲ 6.7%
2023
$131,088.94▲ 6.3%
2022
Associate Professor$123,307.21▲ 3.5%
2021
Associate Professor↑ role changed$119,094.64▲ 0.3%
2020
Assistant Professor$118,693.97▲ 17.0%
2019
Assistant Professor$101,437.05▼ 3.3%
2017First
Assistant Professor$104,870.69
8 years total$991K total$123,825.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
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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