How this pay compares — 2025
Their 2025 salary of $243,609 ranks in the top 2.1% of all 404,922 public-sector salaries disclosed in Ontario that year, and the top 9.1% of 1,966 at McMaster University.
Salary trajectory
| Year | Position | Employer | Salary | Benefits | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $243,609 | $0 | +7.2% |
| 2024 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $227,206 | $474 | -0.7% |
| 2023 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $228,760 | $501 | -1.2% |
| 2022 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $231,598 | $449 | +11.7% |
| 2021 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $207,251 | $392 | -1.8% |
| 2020 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $210,961 | $348 | +3.1% |
| 2019 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $204,572 | $272 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $205,691 | $218 | +7.2% |
| 2017 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $191,911 | $227 | +9.2% |
| 2016 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $175,741 | $227 | -0.5% |
| 2015 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $176,549 | $194 | -10.3% |
| 2014 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $196,919 | $175 | +2.2% |
| 2013 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $192,672 | $175 | +12.2% |
| 2012 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $171,699 | $175 | +3.6% |
| 2011 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $165,662 | $194 | +9.3% |
| 2010 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $151,633 | $213 | +2.4% |
| 2009 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $148,132 | $234 | +12.5% |
| 2008 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $131,645 | $272 | -4.7% |
| 2007 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $138,068 | $284 | +10.0% |
| 2006 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $125,566 | $295 | +3.9% |
| 2005 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $120,905 | $295 | +4.4% |
| 2004 | Asst. Professor | McMaster University | $115,852 | $286 | -6.2% |
| 2003 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $123,546 | $337 | +4.7% |
| 2002 | Director & Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $117,964 | $370 | — |