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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Shawn Payne

Chief Engineer · York University
Chief EngineerOntarioFirst listed 2013
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$182,073.42
▲ 75.2% since 2013

Shawn Payne was paid $182,073.42 in total compensation as Chief Engineer at York University in 2025, 82% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Shawn Payne has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2013, earning $851K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $141,873.00 a year, up 75% over that span.

That is 7% above the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$182,073.42
Latest compensation
in 2025
$851K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$141,873.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+75.2%
Career growth
since 2013
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$89K$116K$143K$169K$196K201320142015202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Shawn Payne's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $186,052.26
Lifetime total compensation$851K
Annual average$141,873.00
Total growth since 2013+75.2%
Biggest raise+44.4% (2023)
Biggest drop-2.1% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Chief Engineer$182,073.42▼ 2.1%
2024★ Best
Chief Engineer$186,052.26▲ 15.5%
2023
$161,051.58▲ 44.4%
2015
Chief Engineer↑ role changed$111,555.44▲ 4.7%
2014
Assistant Chief Engineer$106,589.34▲ 2.6%
2013First
Assistant Chief Engineer$103,918.46
6 years total$851K total$141,873.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Chief Engineer
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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