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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 7 years

Zijiang Yang

Professor · York University
ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$217,345.92
▲ 24.3% since 2019

Zijiang Yang was paid $217,345.92 in total compensation as Professor at York University in 2025, 117% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Zijiang Yang has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2019, earning $1.4M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $194,282.00 a year, up 24% over that span.

That is 27% above the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$217,345.92
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.4M
Total compensation
across 7 years
$194,282.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+24.3%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$166K$182K$198K$213K$229K2019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Zijiang Yang's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $223,183.46
Lifetime total compensation$1.4M
Annual average$194,282.00
Total growth since 2019+24.3%
Biggest raise+18.3% (2024)
Biggest drop-2.6% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Professor$217,345.92▼ 2.6%
2024★ Best
Professor$223,183.46▲ 18.3%
2023
$188,664.80▼ 1.7%
2022
Professor / Undergraduate Program Director$191,935.90▲ 4.9%
2021
Professor / Undergraduate Program Director↑ role changed$183,043.80▲ 1.2%
2020
Professor$180,879.00▲ 3.4%
2019First
Professor$174,923.36
7 years total$1.4M total$194,282.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
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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