Highest-Paid Professors in Manitoba (2024)

In 2024, 1,642 professor roles appeared on the Manitoba Compensation Disclosure, earning an average of $146,490 and a median of $143,008. The highest-paid was Peter William Nickerson (Vice-Provost (Health Sciences) / Dean / Professor at University of Manitoba) at $517,930. Full, associate, and assistant professors and lecturers at public universities and colleges.

Figures cover disclosed public-sector employees only (those above Manitoba’s $85,000 disclosure threshold). Records span 2020–2024.

Professors disclosed (2024)

1,642

Average

$146,490

Median

$143,008

Highest

$517,930

Top 25 highest-paid professors (2024)

#	Name	Job title	Employer	Salary
1	Peter William Nickerson	Vice-Provost (Health Sciences) / Dean / Professor	University of Manitoba	$517,930
2	Michael Benarroch	President And Vice-Chancellor / Professor	University of Manitoba	$450,748
3	John Godfrey Gartner	Pathologist [Wrha] /Professor	University of Manitoba	$444,426
4	Marc Ronald Del Bigio	Pathologist [Hsc/Wrha] / Professor	University of Manitoba	$443,938
5	Michael William Curtis	Pathologist [Dsm] /Assistant Professor	University of Manitoba	$443,938
6	Sate Hamza	Pathologist [Dsm] / Assistant Professor	University of Manitoba	$443,938
7	Ian William Gibson	Pathologist/ Associate Professor	University of Manitoba	$443,938
8	Charles David Littman	Pathologist [Wrha] /Associate Professor	University of Manitoba	$443,938
9	Gefei Qing	Pathologist [Shared Health] / Associate Professor	University of Manitoba	$443,938
10	Cynthia Batangan Santos	Pathologist [Dsm] /Assistant Professor	University of Manitoba	$443,938
11	James Frederick Blanchard	Project Lead Health System/Director/Professor	University of Manitoba	$401,005
12	Marcia Jo-Anne Anderson	Vice Dean (Indigenous) / Associate Professor	University of Manitoba	$367,233
13	Marissa Lee Becker	Country Director [India] / Professor	University of Manitoba	$364,661
14	Brian Mario Pinto	V.P.(Research & International) / Professor	University of Manitoba	$362,930
15	Bruno Dos Santos Silvestre	Professor / Dean - I.H Asper School Of Business	University of Manitoba	$345,864
16	Elizabeth Diane Hiebert-Murphy	Provost & V.P. (Academic) / Professor	University of Manitoba	$344,110
17	Jan Ties Boerma	Director, Countdown 2030 / Professor	University of Manitoba	$343,447
18	Patricia Marie Baker	Pathologist [Dsm] / Associate Professor	University of Manitoba	$333,047
19	Edward Martin Jurkowski	Professor / Director, School Of Art	University of Manitoba	$317,652
20	William Anthony Wiltshire	Dept.Head Preventive Dental Science / Professor	University of Manitoba	$311,593
21	Arjuna Ponnampalam	Clinician [Wrha] / Assistant Professor	University of Manitoba	$310,869
22	Anastasia Cholakis	Associate Professor / Dean - College Of Dentistry	University of Manitoba	$291,987
23	Jeffery Max Taylor	Professor	University of Manitoba	$273,024
24	Igor John Pesun	Associate Professor	University of Manitoba	$269,518
25	Marcia Ruthild Friesen	Professor / Dean - Price Faculty Of Engineering	University of Manitoba	$263,298

Employers with the most professors (2024)

University of Manitoba1,174 · $149,391 avg The University of Winnipeg280 · $139,866 avg Brandon University170 · $138,619 avg University College of the North18 · $134,647 avg

Job titles included

Professor664Associate Professor497Assistant Professor408Lecturer6Professor Emeritus/Emerita4Adjunct Professor4English Professor3Pathologist [Dsm] /Assistant Professor2History Professor2Vice-Provost (Health Sciences) / Dean / Professor1

Highest-Paid Professors in Manitoba (2024)

Top 25 highest-paid professors (2024)

Employers with the most professors (2024)

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