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On the 2017 Sunshine List · 9 years

Xining Li

ProfessorUniversitiesOntarioFirst listed 2009
2017 Total Compensation Paid
$143,519.19
▲ 13.8% since 2009

Xining Li was paid $143,519.19 in total compensation as Professor at University of Guelph in 2017, 44% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Xining Li has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2009, earning $1.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $149,344.00 a year, up 14% over that span.

That is 13% below the average disclosed pay of $164,997.11 across 1,504 listed University of Guelph employees.

$143,519.19
Latest compensation
in 2017
$1.3M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$149,344.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+13.8%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$119K$132K$145K$158K$171K200920102011201220132014201520162017
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2016 · $166,066.07
Lifetime total compensation$1.3M
Annual average$149,344.00
Total growth since 2009+13.8%
Biggest raise+10.8% (2011)
Biggest drop-13.6% (2017)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2017Latest
Professor$143,519.19▼ 13.6%
2016★ Best
Professor$166,066.07▲ 3.7%
2015
Professor$160,097.08▼ 2.5%
2014
Professor$164,172.98▲ 7.2%
2013
Professor$153,127.93▲ 3.6%
2012
Professor$147,804.28▼ 0.7%
2011
Professor$148,831.90▲ 10.8%
2010
Professor$134,310.98▲ 6.5%
2009First
Professor$126,161.92
9 years total$1.3M total$149,344.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Professor
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2017
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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