About Jim Clayton

Jim Clayton appears on the Ontario Sunshine List with a 2025 disclosed salary of $461,039 plus $956 in taxable benefits (total $461,996). Jim is listed as Professor/Endowed Chair/Director/Program Director at York University, in the Universities sector.

Jim has appeared on the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure every year from 2018 through 2025 — 8 consecutive years. Their reported salary has grown from $351,608 in 2018 to $461,039 in 2025 — a 31.1% change over 7 years.

Within the Universities sector that year, Jim's $461,039 placed them in the 100th percentile (sector average: $165,197). Across the entire 2025 disclosure, this places them in the top 1% of all disclosed earners that year. Over their time on the list, Jim has had several role or employer changes: took on the role of Professor / Endowed Chair / Director in 2021; took on the role of Professor/Endowed Chair/Director/Program Director/Course Director in 2023; took on the role of Professor/Endowed Chair/Director/Program Director in 2024.

The interactive timeline and year-by-year breakdown below show every year Jim has been disclosed under the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure.