How this pay compares — 2025
Their 2025 salary of $250,322 ranks in the top 1.9% of all 404,922 public-sector salaries disclosed in Ontario that year, and the top 7.3% of 1,966 at McMaster University.
Salary trajectory
| Year | Position | Employer | Salary | Benefits | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $250,322 | $517 | +8.8% |
| 2024 | Associate Professor / Director / Educational Instructor | McMaster University | $230,158 | $517 | +15.1% |
| 2023 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $200,025 | $501 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | Associate Dean / Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $198,458 | $449 | -8.3% |
| 2021 | Associate Professor / Associate Dean | McMaster University | $216,530 | $392 | +8.0% |
| 2020 | Associate Professor / Associate Dean | McMaster University | $200,579 | $348 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | Associate Professor / Associate Dean | McMaster University | $200,331 | $272 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | Associate Professor/Associate Dean | McMaster University | $199,136 | $218 | +28.7% |
| 2017 | Associate Professor / Associate Dean | McMaster University | $154,760 | $227 | +4.3% |
| 2016 | Associate Professor / Associate Dean | McMaster University | $148,311 | $227 | -4.2% |
| 2015 | Associate Professor/Associate Dean | McMaster University | $154,831 | $194 | +15.5% |
| 2014 | Associate Professor / Assistant Professor / Department Chair | McMaster University | $133,998 | $175 | +11.7% |
| 2013 | Associate Professor/Assistant Professor/Department Chair | McMaster University | $119,945 | $175 | -1.5% |
| 2012 | Associate Professor/Assistant Professor/Department Chair | McMaster University | $121,829 | $175 | +9.4% |
| 2011 | Associate Professor/Assistant Professor/Department Chair | McMaster University | $111,386 | $194 | +9.0% |
| 2010 | Associate Professor/Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $102,235 | $213 | — |