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On the 2017 Sunshine List · 9 years

Wade Cook

Professor · York University
ProfessorUniversitiesOntarioFirst listed 2009
2017 Total Compensation Paid
$130,792.76
▼ 46.8% since 2009

Wade Cook was paid $130,792.76 in total compensation as Professor at York University in 2017, 31% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Wade Cook has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2009, earning $2.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $247,292.00 a year, down 47% over that span.

That is 23% below the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$130,792.76
Latest compensation
in 2017
$2.2M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$247,292.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-46.8%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$102K$154K$206K$259K$311K200920102011201220132014201520162017
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2012 · $291,779.61
Lifetime total compensation$2.2M
Annual average$247,292.00
Total growth since 2009-46.8%
Biggest raise+12.2% (2011)
Biggest drop-50.1% (2017)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2017Latest
Professor↑ role changed$130,792.76▼ 50.1%
2016
Professor / Endowed Chair↑ role changed$261,850.04▲ 5.8%
2015
University Professor / Endowed Chair↑ role changed$247,481.52▲ 1.0%
2014
University Professor$245,077.86▼ 7.4%
2013
University Professor↑ role changed$264,792.49▼ 9.2%
2012★ Best
Professor / Associate Dean$291,779.61▲ 2.6%
2011
Professor / Associate Dean↑ role changed$284,345.38▲ 12.2%
2010
Professor, Associate Dean↑ role changed$253,532.43▲ 3.1%
2009First
Professor/Associate Dean$245,975.82
9 years total$2.2M total$247,292.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Employee details

Position
Professor
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2017
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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