Kai Salomaa

$213,895.02asProfessor

Employed by Queen's University in 2025, according to Government of Ontario public salary records.

Salary Information

Historical salary and taxable benefits from 2004 to 2025.

YearPositionSalaryBenefitsPerformance
2025
Professor
$213,895.02
$272.28
3.4%
2024
Professor
$206,860.02
$272.28
9.19%
2023
Professor
$189,455.20
$266.85
1.04%
2022
Professor
$187,500.96
$255.96
1.62%
2021
Professor
$184,514.64
$251.66
11.68%
2020
Professor
$165,215.02
$260.84
5.21%
2019
Professor
$174,300.00
$272.48
2.47%
2018
Professor
$170,106.68
$260.14
2.55%
2017
Professor
$165,870.04
$247.96
10.81%
2016
Professor
$149,683.58
$226.52
5.52%
2015
Professor
$158,435.00
$213.24
2.54%
2014
Professor - School of Computing
$154,516.68
$217.60
11.69%
2013
Professor - School of Computing
$138,342.68
$210.52
20.81%
2006
Associate Professor, Computing
$114,511.00
$202.50
5.03%
2005
Associate Professor, Computing
$109,026.52
$192.72
5.51%
2004
Asst. Professor, Computing
$103,328.48
$216.54

In 2025, Kai Salomaa received a salary of $213,895.02 working as Professor at Queen's University, as disclosed on the Ontario Sunshine List. This represents a 3.4% increase over the previous year's reported salary. Kai Salomaa has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 16 times between 2004 and 2025, with reported earnings peaking at $213,895.02 in 2025. In addition to salary, $272.28 in taxable benefits was disclosed for 2025. Queen's University reports under the Universities sector of Ontario's public sector salary disclosure.

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Other employees at Queen's University

NameSalary
Hongfei Sun
Professor, Royal Bank of Canada Fellow
$214,775.04
Diana Drury
Director (Team and Personal Coaching Program), Lecturer
$214,447.47
Noriko Yui
Professor
$214,335.00
Abhirup Chakrabarti
Associate Professor
$214,167.54
Elaheh Fata
Assistant Professor
$213,997.50
Nicole Robitaille
Associate Professor
$213,632.52
Gary Kibbins
Associate Professor, Department Head
$213,525.85
Scott Parent
Associate Head, Professor
$213,442.50
Shetuan Zhang
Professor
$213,108.37
David Clements
Executive Director (Psychedelics Research), Senior Advisor (Innovation Strategy)
$212,760.48