About Melanie Cao

Melanie Cao appears on the Ontario Sunshine List with a 2025 disclosed salary of $351,652 plus $956 in taxable benefits (total $352,608). Melanie is listed as Professor/Program Director at York University, in the Universities sector.

Melanie has appeared on the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure every year from 2001 through 2025 — 25 consecutive years. Their reported salary has grown from $128,227 in 2001 to $351,652 in 2025 — a 174.2% change over 24 years.

Within the Universities sector that year, Melanie's $351,652 placed them in the 99th percentile (sector average: $165,197). Across the entire 2025 disclosure, this places them in the top 1% of all disclosed earners that year.

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