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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 7 years

Sarah Bay-Cheng

Dean/Professor · York University
Dean/ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$185,999.20
▲ 68.3% since 2019

Sarah Bay-Cheng was paid $185,999.20 in total compensation as Dean/Professor at York University in 2025, 86% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Sarah Bay-Cheng has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2019, earning $1.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $237,077.00 a year, up 68% over that span.

That is 9% above the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$185,999.20
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.7M
Total compensation
across 7 years
$237,077.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+68.3%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$73K$141K$210K$278K$347K2019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Sarah Bay-Cheng's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $321,470.42
Lifetime total compensation$1.7M
Annual average$237,077.00
Total growth since 2019+68.3%
Biggest raise+122.2% (2020)
Biggest drop-42.1% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Dean/Professor$185,999.20▼ 42.1%
2024★ Best
Dean/Professor$321,470.42▲ 18.2%
2023
$271,863.08▲ 1.7%
2022
Dean / Professor$267,382.60▲ 4.1%
2021
Dean / Professor$256,749.36▲ 4.6%
2020
Dean / Professor$245,550.92▲ 122.2%
2019First
Dean / Professor$110,521.02
7 years total$1.7M total$237,077.00 avg
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The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Dean/Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
7

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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