Matthew Light

$223,706.44asAssociate Professor

Employed by University Of Toronto in 2025, according to Government of Ontario public salary records.

Salary Information

Historical salary and taxable benefits from 2011 to 2025.

YearPositionSalaryBenefitsPerformance
2025
Associate Professor
$223,706.44
$125.64
26.1%
2024
Associate Professor and Interim Director of Criminology
$177,410.50
$128.88
22.04%
2023
Associate Professor and Interim Director of Criminology
$227,577.48
$128.88
25.21%
2022
Associate Professor of Criminology
$181,762.18
$136.02
18.48%
2021
Associate Professor of Criminology
$153,410.23
$143.16
4.89%
2020
Associate Professor of Criminology
$146,255.10
$151.08
7.53%
2019
Professor of Criminology
$158,168.04
$180.26
5.01%
2018
Professor of Criminology
$150,623.04
$201.48
8.78%
2017
Professor of Criminology
$138,463.98
$223.80
2.68%
2016
Professor of Criminology
$142,277.40
$267.24
9.75%
2015
Professor Of Criminology
$129,638.94
$272.82
18.14%
2014
Professor of Criminology
$109,733.62
$287.40
2.66%
2013
Professor of Criminology
$112,735.12
$281.34
3.05%
2012
Professor of Criminology
$109,398.90
$267.84
7.44%
2011
Professor of Criminology
$101,820.06
$249.24

The Ontario Sunshine List reports that Matthew Light was paid $223,706.44 in 2025 as Associate Professor at University Of Toronto. This represents a 26.1% increase over the previous year's reported salary. Matthew Light has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 15 times between 2011 and 2025, with reported earnings peaking at $227,577.48 in 2023. In addition to salary, $125.64 in taxable benefits was disclosed for 2025. University Of Toronto reports under the Universities sector of Ontario's public sector salary disclosure.

Top earning Associate Professors in University Of Toronto

NameSalary
Maja Djikic$337,603.54
Colin Raffel$232,975.08
Matthew Light$223,706.44
Giancarla Periti$214,022.73
Linda Rui Feng$211,785.29
Tristan Collins$207,324.00
Nikita Rozenblyum$204,088.44
Fedor Dmitri Manin$199,660.02
Heather Dorries$195,767.88
Amanda Sheely$184,268.46

Top earning Associate Professors in Ontario

NameSalary
University Of Waterloo
$382,259.63
Toronto Metropolitan University
$376,535.18
York University
$334,650.64
University Of Western Ontario
$334,433.40
University Of Waterloo
$327,153.43
University Of Waterloo
$326,571.19
University Of Western Ontario
$320,293.82
Toronto Metropolitan University
$319,358.58
$318,066.28
York University
$315,940.64

Other employees at University Of Toronto

NameSalary
Hai-Ling Cheng
Professor of Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering
$224,116.50
Paul Downes
Professor of English
$223,973.45
Vardan Papyan
Professor, Mathematics
$223,965.70
Amal Madibbo
Professor of Education
$223,960.86
Alison Thompson
Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and Field Coordinator, Clinical Social and Administrative Pharmaceutical Sciences Field, Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
$223,717.50
Jonathan Leitch
Executive Director, Integrated Marketing and Content Strategy
$223,687.99
Jessica Green
Professor of Political Science and Environment
$223,630.36
Tong Lam
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies
$223,607.22
Prakruti Dave
Professor of Anthropology
$223,485.48
Georges Farhat
Professor, Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
$223,350.19