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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Semih Yildirim

Associate Professor · York University
Associate ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$235,544.42
▲ 27.0% since 2017

Semih Yildirim was paid $235,544.42 in total compensation as Associate Professor at York University in 2025, 136% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Semih Yildirim has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.9M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $210,043.00 a year, up 27% over that span.

That is 38% above the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$235,544.42
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.9M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$210,043.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+27.0%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$155K$185K$214K$243K$273K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Semih Yildirim's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $261,868.50
Lifetime total compensation$1.9M
Annual average$210,043.00
Total growth since 2017+27.0%
Biggest raise+19.2% (2024)
Biggest drop-10.1% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Associate Professor$235,544.42▼ 10.1%
2024★ Best
Associate Professor$261,868.50▲ 19.2%
2023
$219,753.84▲ 0.8%
2022
Associate Professor$218,067.24▲ 4.9%
2021
Associate Professor$207,858.72▲ 1.1%
2020
Associate Professor$205,535.32▲ 11.3%
2019
Associate Professor$184,629.12▲ 7.5%
2018
Associate Professor$171,685.12▼ 7.4%
2017First
Associate Professor$185,441.84
9 years total$1.9M total$210,043.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

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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