Zijiang Yang

$216,389.52asProfessor

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

Salary Information

Historical salary and taxable benefits from 2019 to 2025.

YearPositionSalaryBenefitsPerformance
2025
Professor
$216,389.52
$956.40
2.64%
2024
Professor
$222,246.31
$937.15
18.37%
2023
Professor
$187,762.04
$902.76
1.7%
2022
Professor / Undergraduate Program Director
$191,015.70
$920.20
4.91%
2021
Professor / Undergraduate Program Director
$182,072.52
$971.28
1.19%
2020
Professor
$179,926.40
$952.60
3.42%
2019
Professor
$173,982.00
$941.36

The Ontario Sunshine List reports that Zijiang Yang was paid $216,389.52 in 2025 as Professor at York University. This represents a 2.64% decrease from the previous year's reported salary. Zijiang Yang has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times between 2019 and 2025, with reported earnings peaking at $222,246.31 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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Other employees at York University

NameSalary
Regina Rini
Associate Professor/Canada Research Chair
$217,033.44
Keshia Gray
University Registrar/Assistant Vice Provost
$216,983.17
Ali Malik
Comptroller
$216,952.06
Rob Marsh
Assistant Vice Provost, Strategy and Student Experience
$216,769.24
Costas Armenakis
Professor
$216,703.33
Paul Chan
Associate Professor
$216,357.90
Jennifer Fisher
Professor
$216,343.24
Shubhra Gururani
Associate Professor/Director, Organized Research Unit University Based
$216,331.96
Jay Goulding
Associate Professor
$216,231.84
Richard Silva
Senior Executive Officer
$216,173.09