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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Tao Zeng

Associate Professor · York University
Associate ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2020
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$156,281.76
▲ 33.5% since 2020

Tao Zeng was paid $156,281.76 in total compensation as Associate Professor at York University in 2025, 56% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Tao Zeng has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $810K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $134,997.00 a year, up 34% over that span.

That is 8% below the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$156,281.76
Latest compensation
in 2025
$810K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$134,997.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+33.5%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$110K$123K$136K$149K$163K202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $157,749.32
Lifetime total compensation$810K
Annual average$134,997.00
Total growth since 2020+33.5%
Biggest raise+20.0% (2024)
Biggest drop-0.9% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Associate Professor$156,281.76▼ 0.9%
2024★ Best
Associate Professor$157,749.32▲ 20.0%
2023
$131,466.72▲ 2.2%
2022
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor↑ role changed$128,697.14▲ 8.4%
2021
Assistant Professor$118,753.44▲ 1.5%
2020First
Assistant Professor$117,032.44
6 years total$810K total$134,997.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
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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