Melanie Cao was paid $352,608.04 in total compensation as Professor/Program Director at York University in 2025, 253% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Melanie Cao has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $4.4M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $261,174.00 a year, up 87% over that span.
That is 107% above the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.
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17 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Melanie Cao's total compensation has moved across 17 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
17 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest | $352,608.04 | ▼ 3.0% |
2024★ Best | $363,336.93 | ▲ 16.5% |
2023 | $311,777.20 | ▲ 0.6% |
2022 | $309,845.04 | ▼ 2.8% |
2021 | $318,609.68 | ▲ 12.4% |
2020 | $283,524.35 | ▲ 5.5% |
2019 | $268,678.17 | ▲ 15.3% |
2018 | $232,926.64 | ▼ 7.2% |
2017 | $251,024.52 | ▼ 0.5% |
2016 | $252,197.63 | ▲ 7.5% |
2015 | $234,578.86 | ▼ 0.7% |
2014 | $236,135.70 | ▲ 7.3% |
2013 | $220,093.12 | ▲ 3.4% |
2012 | $212,798.71 | ▲ 3.7% |
2011 | $205,277.40 | ▲ 3.5% |
2010 | $198,392.16 | ▲ 5.4% |
2009First | $188,153.68 | — |
| 17 years total | $4.4M total | $261,174.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor/Program Director
- Employer
- York University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
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