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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Jim Clayton

Professor/Endowed Chair/Director/Program Director · York University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$461,995.60
▲ 30.9% since 2018

Jim Clayton was paid $461,995.60 in total compensation as Professor/Endowed Chair/Director/Program Director at York University in 2025, 362% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Jim Clayton has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2018, earning $3.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $412,723.00 a year, up 31% over that span.

That is 171% above the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$461,995.60
Latest compensation
in 2025
$3.3M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$412,723.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+30.9%
Career growth
since 2018
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$331K$371K$411K$451K$491K20182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $476,111.37
Lifetime total compensation$3.3M
Annual average$412,723.00
Total growth since 2018+30.9%
Biggest raise+11.7% (2023)
Biggest drop-3.0% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Professor/Endowed Chair/Director/Program Director$461,995.60▼ 3.0%
2024★ Best
Professor/Endowed Chair/Director/Program Director$476,111.37▲ 3.7%
2023
$459,018.32▲ 11.7%
2022
Professor / Endowed Chair / Director$411,062.48▲ 8.3%
2021
Professor / Endowed Chair / Director↑ role changed$379,731.12▲ 0.8%
2020
Professor / Endowed Chair$376,572.16▼ 2.1%
2019
Professor / Endowed Chair$384,454.00▲ 9.0%
2018First
Professor / Endowed Chair$352,836.82
8 years total$3.3M total$412,723.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Professor/Endowed Chair/Director/Program Director
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2018
Latest disclosure
2025
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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