University Of Waterloo

2018–2025 · 13,956 total records

2,376 employees (2025)$161,150 avg salary$397.2M total payroll (2025)8 years on list

Highest paid all-time

Vivek Goel

President

$517,144

2024

Vivek Goel

President

$526,302

2025

Vivek Goel

President

$496,700

2023

$474,623

2020

Vivek Goel

President

$475,454

2022

Feridun Hamdullahpur

President Emeritus

$474,148

2022

Feridun Hamdullahpur

President Emeritus

$476,309

2021

$475,215

2019

Renee Miller

Professor

$408,302

2025

James Rush

Vice-President, Academic and Provost

$411,308

2024

Headcount & Salary Trends

Employees earning $100k+ per year · bars = headcount, lines = salary

Year-by-Year Breakdown

2025+5.8% headcount

Employees

2,376

Avg Salary

$167,162

Median

$153,961

Total Payroll

$397.2M

2024+5.0% headcount

Employees

2,245

Avg Salary

$163,925

Median

$152,048

Total Payroll

$368.0M

2023+12.4% headcount

Employees

2,139

Avg Salary

$160,956

Median

$150,048

Total Payroll

$344.3M

2022+2.5% headcount

Employees

1,903

Avg Salary

$160,126

Median

$151,206

Total Payroll

$304.7M

2021+5.5% headcount

Employees

1,856

Avg Salary

$158,975

Median

$151,144

Total Payroll

$295.1M

2020+5.0% headcount

Employees

1,760

Avg Salary

$157,799

Median

$150,310

Total Payroll

$277.7M

2019+167500.0% headcount

Employees

1,676

Avg Salary

$156,269

Median

$148,966

Total Payroll

$261.9M

2018

Employees

1

Avg Salary

$122,537

Median

$122,537

Total Payroll

$123K

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