Parissa Safai

$222,614.66asProfessor

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

Salary Information

Historical salary and taxable benefits from 2011 to 2025.

YearPositionSalaryBenefitsPerformance
2025
Professor
$222,614.66
$956.40
1.14%
2024
Professor
$225,171.25
$885.14
33.14%
2023
Professor
$169,123.20
$813.56
2.75%
2022
Professor / Associate Professor / Course Director / Advisor
$173,902.56
$835.40
4.03%
2021
Associate Professor
$167,166.48
$879.00
9.1%
2020
Associate Professor
$153,220.84
$798.56
4.4%
2019
Associate Professor
$160,266.76
$799.96
10.38%
2018
Associate Professor
$145,201.78
$886.70
0.45%
2017
Associate Dean / Associate Professor
$145,851.40
$860.06
8.19%
2016
Associate Professor
$134,806.34
$768.18
3.96%
2015
Associate Professor / Course Director
$140,358.16
$664.36
8.67%
2014
Associate Professor
$129,158.41
$614.64
17.49%
2013
Associate Professor
$109,936.07
$490.12
1.82%
2012
Associate Professor
$111,975.95
$265.44
9.38%
2011
Associate Professor
$102,371.27
$336.84

The Ontario Sunshine List reports that Parissa Safai was paid $222,614.66 in 2025 as Professor at York University. This represents a 1.14% decrease from the previous year's reported salary. Parissa Safai has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 15 times between 2011 and 2025, with reported earnings peaking at $225,171.25 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.

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$509,014.02
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$498,075.21
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$483,140.15
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$466,989.18
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$451,950.05
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$448,461.52
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$446,079.42
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$430,325.45
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$412,681.07

Other employees at York University

NameSalary
Jia Xu
Associate Professor
$223,117.47
Joseph Mensah
Professor/Program Coordinator
$222,907.16
Nancy Sangiuliano
Associate Professor, Teaching
$222,758.58
L. Anders Sandberg
Professor
$222,695.52
Phillip Montoya
Professor/Director, Organized Research Unit Faculty Based
$222,640.11
Stephen Gaetz
Professor
$222,592.40
Baoxin Hu
Professor
$222,516.12
Farah Ahmad
Professor/Graduate Program Director
$222,395.41
Andrea O'Reilly
Professor/Program Coordinator
$222,383.44
Jing Wang
Associate Professor
$222,332.24