Universities

20192025 · 17,747 total records

Data sourced from the Alberta Public Sector Compensation Disclosure. This site is independent and not affiliated with the Government of Alberta. Always verify against the official source.

The Universities sector had 2,349 employees on the 2024 Alberta Compensation Disclosure, with an average salary of $188,815 and a total disclosed payroll of $523M — up 13.2% from 2024. The highest-paid employee on record in this sector was Jacqueline Tam (University of Alberta Board of Governors), earning $826,201 in 2019.

2,349

Employees

In 2024

$188,815

Avg Salary

2024

$523.2M

Total Payroll

2024 disclosed

6

Employers

Reporting in 2024

Headcount & Salary Trends

Disclosed employees · bars = headcount, lines = salary

Year-by-Year Breakdown

2025+13.2% headcount

Employees

2,660

Avg Salary

$192,619

Median

$187,143

Total Payroll

$606.4M

2024-0.4% headcount

Employees

2,349

Avg Salary

$188,815

Median

$182,958

Total Payroll

$523.2M

2023-12.0% headcount

Employees

2,359

Avg Salary

$184,153

Median

$177,275

Total Payroll

$513.4M

2022-8.5% headcount

Employees

2,681

Avg Salary

$175,400

Median

$168,280

Total Payroll

$559.6M

2021-6.1% headcount

Employees

2,931

Avg Salary

$172,329

Median

$164,775

Total Payroll

$603.6M

2020+89.6% headcount

Employees

3,121

Avg Salary

$166,684

Median

$161,841

Total Payroll

$635.0M

2019

Employees

1,646

Avg Salary

$178,998

Median

$166,219

Total Payroll

$352.8M