Ilijas Farah

$276,067.00asProfessor-2.93%

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

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Position

Professor

Employer

York University

Salary Information

Historical salary and taxable benefits from 2009 to 2025.

Year	Position	Salary	Benefits	Performance
2025	Professor	$276,067.00	$956.40	2.93%
2024	Professor	$284,405.68	$956.40	17.96%
2023	Professor	$241,095.32	$956.40	0.75%
2022	Professor	$239,296.40	$992.72	4.72%
2021	Professor	$228,507.00	$1,065.36	4.88%
2020	Professor	$217,880.60	$1,051.76	19.29%
2019	Professor	$182,643.89	$1,072.08	8.9%
2018	Professor	$167,716.36	$1,131.32	7.46%
2017	Professor	$181,240.24	$1,114.60	9.04%
2016	Professor	$166,213.62	$957.89	16.53%
2015	Professor	$142,631.59	$771.08	1.28%
2014	Professor	$140,827.91	$709.08	7.26%
2013	Professor	$131,301.84	$557.24	2.52%
2012	Professor	$128,080.28	$303.12	4.6%
2011	Professor	$122,446.56	$388.72	7.36%
2010	Professor	$114,049.12	$584.32	8.15%
2009	Professor	$105,458.35	$596.12	—

In 2025, Ilijas Farah received a salary of $276,067.00 working as Professor at York University, as disclosed on the Ontario Sunshine List. This represents a 2.93% decrease from the previous year's reported salary. Ilijas Farah has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times between 2009 and 2025, with reported earnings peaking at $284,405.68 in 2024. In addition to salary, $956.40 in taxable benefits was disclosed for 2025. York University reports under the Universities sector of Ontario's public sector salary disclosure.

Top earning Professors in York University

Name	Salary
John Tsotsos	$385,591.36
Kiridaran Kanagaretnam	$374,607.42
Dean Neu	$368,365.52
Yigang Pan	$367,081.72
Yisong Tian	$358,440.84
Mark Kamstra	$356,497.20
Moshe Arye Milevsky	$353,334.76
Moshe Farjoun	$352,669.36
Peter Darke	$350,614.76
Markus Giesler	$348,515.88

Top earning Professors in Ontario

Name	Salary	Employer
Timothy Snyder University Of Toronto	$509,014.02	University Of Toronto
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David Farrar McMaster University	$483,140.15	McMaster University
Muhammet Fat Guvenen University Of Toronto	$466,989.18	University Of Toronto
Salim Yusuf McMaster University	$451,950.05	McMaster University
Mohit Bhandari McMaster University	$448,461.52	McMaster University
Stephen Williamson University Of Western Ontario	$446,079.42	University Of Western Ontario
Gregory Steinberg McMaster University	$433,038.02	McMaster University
Mick Bhatia McMaster University	$430,325.45	McMaster University
Gerard Wright McMaster University	$412,681.07	McMaster University

Other employees at York University

Name	Position	Salary
Christine Silversides General Counsel	General Counsel	$277,103.04
Luke Zhu Associate Professor/Graduate Program Director	Associate Professor/Graduate Program Director	$276,971.36
Susan Drummond Associate Professor/Program Director	Associate Professor/Program Director	$276,455.26
Robert Wai Associate Professor	Associate Professor	$276,391.56
Robert S Allison Professor/Director, Organized Research Unit University Based	Professor/Director, Organized Research Unit University Based	$276,100.68
Margaret Kierylo Assistant Vice-President, Institutional Planning and Chief Data Officer	Assistant Vice-President, Institutional Planning and Chief Data Officer	$276,034.28
Craig Scott Professor	Professor	$274,547.82
Neil Buckley Associate Dean/Associate Professor/Course Director	Associate Dean/Associate Professor/Course Director	$274,094.08
Jeffrey A Edmonds Professor	Professor	$273,345.60
Alidad Amirfazli Professor	Professor	$272,633.20