Liyan Yang appears on the Ontario Sunshine List with a 2025 disclosed salary of $541,454 plus $2,626 in taxable benefits (total $544,080). Liyan is listed as Professor of Finance at University Of Toronto, in the Universities sector.
Liyan has appeared on the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure every year from 2009 through 2025 — 17 consecutive years. Their reported salary has grown from $117,498 in 2009 to $541,454 in 2025 — a 360.8% change over 16 years.
Within the Universities sector that year, Liyan's $541,454 placed them in the 100th percentile (sector average: $165,197). Across the entire 2025 disclosure, this places them in the top 1% of all disclosed earners that year. Over their time on the list, Liyan has had several role or employer changes: took on the role of Professor Of Finance in 2015; took on the role of Professor of Finance in 2016.
The interactive timeline and year-by-year breakdown below show every year Liyan has been disclosed under the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure.
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$541K
Current Salary
2025
$544K
Total Comp.
Incl. $2,626 benefits
17
Years on List
2009–2025
+360.8%
Salary Growth
2009–2025
+$54,322 vs previous year
Sector avg $165,197 · Range $100K\u2013$657K
Earns more than 100% of disclosed employees.
2025
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$541,454
+$54,322
2024
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$487,132
-$8,773
2023
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$495,904
+$76,329
2022
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$419,575
+$17,111
2021
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$402,464
+$231,203
2020
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$171,261
-$77,883
2019
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$249,145
-$100,875
2018
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$350,019
+$41,214
2017
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$308,805
+$27,861
2016
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$280,944
+$19,579
2015
Professor Of Finance
University Of Toronto
$261,365
+$2,042
2014
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$259,324
-$9,006
2013
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$268,330
+$31,387
2012
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$236,943
-$7,051
2011
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$243,994
+$8,996
2010
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$234,998
+$117,500
2009
Professor of Finance
University Of Toronto
$117,498