Shutao Cao was paid $138,309.49 in total compensation as Associate Professor at Trent University in 2025, 38% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Shutao Cao has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $762K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $127,050.00 a year, up 26% over that span.
That is 11% below the average disclosed pay of $155,289.04 across 454 listed Trent University employees.
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6 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Shutao Cao's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
6 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest | $138,309.49 | ▼ 0.1% |
2024★ Best | $138,413.39 | ▲ 5.4% |
2023 | $131,281.77 | ▲ 5.6% |
2022 | $124,278.59 | ▲ 3.4% |
2021 | $120,136.49 | ▲ 9.3% |
2020First | $109,882.94 | — |
| 6 years total | $762K total | $127,050.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Employer
- Trent University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2020
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 6
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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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