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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Benjamin Thompson

ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2015
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$361,545.84
▲ 202.1% since 2015

Benjamin Thompson was paid $361,545.84 in total compensation as Professor at University Of Waterloo in 2025, 262% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Benjamin Thompson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2015, earning $1.9M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $212,579.00 a year, up 202% over that span.

That is 116% above the average disclosed pay of $167,161.74 across 2,376 listed University Of Waterloo employees.

$361,545.84
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.9M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$212,579.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+202.1%
Career growth
since 2015
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$76K$155K$233K$312K$391K201520162017201820192022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $361,545.84
Lifetime total compensation$1.9M
Annual average$212,579.00
Total growth since 2015+202.1%
Biggest raise+148.2% (2023)
Biggest drop-30.9% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Professor$361,545.84▲ 7.1%
2024
Professor$337,652.56▲ 3.7%
2023
$325,639.00▲ 148.2%
2022
Professor$131,208.95▼ 30.9%
2019
Professor$189,995.62▲ 18.1%
2018
Professor↑ role changed$160,847.72▲ 7.8%
2017
Associate Professor$149,168.23▲ 8.5%
2016
Associate Professor$137,463.24▲ 14.8%
2015First
Associate Professor$119,690.39
9 years total$1.9M total$212,579.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Employee details

Position
Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2015
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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