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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Chaoran Chen

Associate Professor · York University
Associate ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2020
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$167,104.84
▲ 29.3% since 2020

Chaoran Chen was paid $167,104.84 in total compensation as Associate Professor at York University in 2025, 67% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Chaoran Chen has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $878K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $146,273.00 a year, up 29% over that span.

That is 2% below the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$167,104.84
Latest compensation
in 2025
$878K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$146,273.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+29.3%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$122K$135K$148K$161K$174K202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Chaoran Chen's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $169,055.42
Lifetime total compensation$878K
Annual average$146,273.00
Total growth since 2020+29.3%
Biggest raise+19.7% (2024)
Biggest drop-1.2% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Associate Professor$167,104.84▼ 1.2%
2024★ Best
Associate Professor$169,055.42▲ 19.7%
2023
$141,279.88▲ 1.0%
2022
Assistant Professor$139,860.80▲ 6.7%
2021
Assistant Professor$131,071.08▲ 1.4%
2020First
Assistant Professor$129,265.04
6 years total$878K total$146,273.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Associate Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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