How this pay compares — 2025
Their 2025 salary of $250,797 ranks in the top 1.9% of all 404,922 public-sector salaries disclosed in Ontario that year, and the top 7.1% of 1,966 at McMaster University.
Salary trajectory
| Year | Position | Employer | Salary | Benefits | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $250,797 | $517 | +1.3% |
| 2024 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $247,597 | $517 | +7.0% |
| 2023 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $231,501 | $501 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $226,602 | $449 | +4.4% |
| 2021 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $217,021 | $392 | +3.8% |
| 2020 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $209,148 | $348 | +4.5% |
| 2019 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $200,100 | $272 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | Associate Professor/Director | McMaster University | $195,150 | $218 | +3.4% |
| 2017 | Associate Professor / Associate Dean | McMaster University | $188,700 | $227 | +7.4% |
| 2016 | Associate Professor / Associate Dean | McMaster University | $175,686 | $217 | +4.4% |
| 2015 | Associate Professor/Associate Dean | McMaster University | $168,349 | $194 | +17.1% |
| 2014 | Associate Professor / Associate Dean | McMaster University | $143,764 | $175 | +8.8% |
| 2013 | Associate Professor/Associate Dean | McMaster University | $132,136 | $175 | +3.5% |
| 2012 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $127,691 | $175 | +6.9% |
| 2011 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $119,485 | $194 | +7.4% |
| 2010 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $111,293 | $213 | — |