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On the 2018 Sunshine List · 9 years

Lin Tan

Associate Professor · University of Waterloo
Associate ProfessorUniversitiesOntarioFirst listed 2010
2018 Total Compensation Paid
$165,279.44
▲ 64.4% since 2010

Lin Tan was paid $165,279.44 in total compensation as Associate Professor at University of Waterloo in 2018, 65% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Lin Tan has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2010, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $123,753.00 a year, up 64% over that span.

That is 1% below the average disclosed pay of $167,161.74 across 2,376 listed University of Waterloo employees.

$165,279.44
Latest compensation
in 2018
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$123,753.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+64.4%
Career growth
since 2010
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$89K$110K$131K$152K$173K201020112012201320142015201620172018
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2018 · $165,279.44
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$123,753.00
Total growth since 2010+64.4%
Biggest raise+15.1% (2014)
Biggest drop-1.9% (2013)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2018Latest★ Best
Associate Professor$165,279.44▲ 13.7%
2017
Associate Professor$145,346.41▲ 5.3%
2016
Associate Professor↑ role changed$138,080.44▲ 8.0%
2015
Assistant Professor$127,907.96▲ 5.5%
2014
Assistant Professor$121,278.52▲ 15.1%
2013
Assistant Professor$105,402.43▼ 1.9%
2012
Assistant Professor$107,475.12▲ 4.9%
2011
Assistant Professor$102,489.32▲ 2.0%
2010First
Assistant Professor$100,518.73
9 years total$1.1M total$123,753.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2010
Latest disclosure
2018
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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