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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Michael Hickson

Associate Professor · Trent University
Associate ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$175,787.49
▲ 66.3% since 2017

Michael Hickson was paid $175,787.49 in total compensation as Associate Professor at Trent University in 2025, 76% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michael Hickson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $141,540.00 a year, up 66% over that span.

That is 13% above the average disclosed pay of $155,289.04 across 454 listed Trent University employees.

$175,787.49
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.3M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$141,540.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+66.3%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$93K$116K$139K$161K$184K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Michael Hickson's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $175,787.49
Lifetime total compensation$1.3M
Annual average$141,540.00
Total growth since 2017+66.3%
Biggest raise+20.6% (2020)
Biggest drop-7.7% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Professor$175,787.49▲ 8.2%
2024
Associate Professor$162,405.30▼ 0.9%
2023
$163,849.25▲ 12.4%
2022
Associate Professor$145,829.26▲ 6.5%
2021
Associate Professor$136,869.65▼ 7.7%
2020
Associate Professor$148,326.56▲ 20.6%
2019
Associate Professor$122,940.93▲ 9.6%
2018
Associate Professor↑ role changed$112,139.69▲ 6.1%
2017First
Assistant Professor$105,713.02
9 years total$1.3M total$141,540.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

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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