How this pay compares — 2025
Their 2025 salary of $260,076 ranks in the top 1.6% of all 404,922 public-sector salaries disclosed in Ontario that year, and the top 5.5% of 1,966 at McMaster University.
Salary trajectory
| Year | Position | Employer | Salary | Benefits | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $260,076 | $517 | +6.8% |
| 2024 | Area Chair / Associate Professor | McMaster University | $243,592 | $517 | +2.9% |
| 2023 | Area Chair / Associate Professor | McMaster University | $236,718 | $501 | -6.1% |
| 2022 | Area Chair / Associate Professor | McMaster University | $252,105 | $449 | -4.9% |
| 2021 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $265,159 | $392 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $266,950 | $348 | -6.7% |
| 2019 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $286,168 | $272 | +32.3% |
| 2018 | Associate Professor/Area Chair/Director | McMaster University | $216,244 | $218 | -14.7% |
| 2017 | Associate Professor / Director / Area Chair | McMaster University | $253,521 | $227 | -7.8% |
| 2016 | Associate Professor / Associate Dean / Director | McMaster University | $274,936 | $227 | +24.3% |
| 2015 | Associate Professor/Associate Dean/Director | McMaster University | $221,250 | $194 | +10.2% |
| 2014 | Associate Professor / Associate Dean / Director | McMaster University | $200,790 | $175 | +15.7% |
| 2013 | Associate Professor/Associate Dean | McMaster University | $173,517 | $425 | -7.9% |
| 2012 | Associate Professor/Area Chair | McMaster University | $188,464 | $175 | +20.6% |
| 2011 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $156,296 | $194 | -6.4% |
| 2010 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $167,061 | $213 | +3.9% |
| 2009 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $160,828 | $234 | +12.9% |
| 2008 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $142,446 | $272 | -9.9% |
| 2007 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $158,185 | $284 | +33.6% |
| 2006 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $118,438 | $295 | — |