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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Kai Chen

FacultyOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$190,517.46
▲ 44.5% since 2017

Kai Chen was paid $190,517.46 in total compensation as Faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2025, 91% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Kai Chen has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $161,195.00 a year, up 45% over that span.

That is 21% above the average disclosed pay of $157,972.50 across 862 listed Wilfrid Laurier University employees.

$190,517.46
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.5M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$161,195.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+44.5%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$120K$142K$163K$185K$207K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $198,504.28
Lifetime total compensation$1.5M
Annual average$161,195.00
Total growth since 2017+44.5%
Biggest raise+16.0% (2024)
Biggest drop-4.0% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Faculty$190,517.46▼ 4.0%
2024★ Best
Faculty$198,504.28▲ 16.0%
2023
$171,167.69▲ 5.9%
2022
Faculty$161,665.83▲ 4.1%
2021
Faculty$155,289.50▼ 0.6%
2020
Faculty$156,287.09▲ 7.5%
2019
Faculty$145,415.41▲ 3.8%
2018
Faculty$140,074.19▲ 6.3%
2017First
Faculty$131,833.09
9 years total$1.5M total$161,195.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Faculty
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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