Highest-Paid Professors in Alberta (2024)

In 2024, 1,688 professor roles appeared on the Alberta Compensation Disclosure, earning an average of $199,872 and a median of $186,606. The highest-paid was Randall Morck (Professor at University of Alberta Board of Governors) at $585,447. Full, associate, and assistant professors and lecturers at public universities and colleges.

Figures cover disclosed public-sector employees only (those above Alberta’s $125,000 disclosure threshold). Records span 2021–2024.

Professors disclosed (2024)

1,688

Average

$199,872

Median

$186,606

Highest

$570,154

Top 25 highest-paid professors (2024)

#	Name	Job title	Employer	Total
1	Randall Morck	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$585,447
2	Xin-Min Li	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$544,979
3	Steven L. Bryant	Professor	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$467,649
4	Brian Chiu	Associate Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$467,473
5	Steven Dew	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$462,692
6	Joseph Doucet	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$460,366
7	Robert Wolkow	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$452,567
8	Lakshmi Puttagunta	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$442,396
9	Samuel Weiss	Professor	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$441,581
10	Sandra Davidge	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$439,817
11	Ross Mitchell	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$436,539
12	Jennifer Ai-Wen Chan	Associate Professor	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$430,167
13	Martin Koebel	Associate Professor	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$429,458
14	Jeffrey T. Joseph	Professor	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$428,973
15	Marek Michalak	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$424,383
16	Michael Mengel	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$415,859
17	M Scott Taylor	Professor	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$413,986
18	Piers David Gareth Steel	Professor	University of Calgary Board of Governors	$411,819
19	Michael Lounsbury	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$410,151
20	Edsel Ing	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$409,388
21	Paul Major	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$407,922
22	B. Gino Fallone	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$405,748
23	Barbara Billingsley	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$398,118
24	Lukas Roth	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$391,715
25	Sangita Sharma	Professor	University of Alberta Board of Governors	$391,409

Employers with the most professors (2024)

University of Alberta Board of Governors969 · $202,373 avg University of Calgary Board of Governors553 · $202,922 avg University of Lethbridge Board of Governors85 · $181,083 avg Mount Royal University Board of Governors42 · $162,423 avg Grant MacEwan University Board of Governors21 · $164,773 avg Athabasca University Board of Governors18 · $188,627 avg

Job titles included

Professor1,436Associate Professor151Assistant Professor38ATS Full Lecturer11Full Executive Professor7Associate Dean, Associate Professor6Associate Dean, Professor4ATS Assistant Lecturer3Professor, Org Analysis2Professor, Department Chair2

Highest-Paid Professors in Alberta (2024)

Top 25 highest-paid professors (2024)

Employers with the most professors (2024)

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