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On the 2023 Sunshine List · 8 years

Dan Zhang

OntarioFirst listed 2016
2023 Total Compensation Paid
$122,048.12
▼ 33.0% since 2016

Dan Zhang was paid $122,048.12 in total compensation as an employee at York University in 2023, 22% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Dan Zhang has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2016, earning $1.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $185,095.00 a year, down 33% over that span.

That is 28% below the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$122,048.12
Latest compensation
in 2023
$1.5M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$185,095.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-33.0%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$105K$136K$167K$198K$228K20162017201820192020202120222023
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Dan Zhang's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2022 · $217,028.00
Lifetime total compensation$1.5M
Annual average$185,095.00
Total growth since 2016-33.0%
Biggest raise+9.2% (2021)
Biggest drop-43.8% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2023Latest
$122,048.12▼ 43.8%
2022★ Best
Professor$217,028.00▲ 4.9%
2021
Professor$206,843.16▲ 9.2%
2020
Professor$189,437.96▲ 1.7%
2019
Professor$186,199.64▼ 1.2%
2018
Professor$188,503.30▼ 0.0%
2017
Professor$188,505.39▲ 3.5%
2016First
Professor$182,191.54
8 years total$1.5M total$185,095.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
Latest disclosure
2023
Years on list
8

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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