How this pay compares — 2025
Their 2025 salary of $179,232 ranks in the top 8.6% of all 404,922 public-sector salaries disclosed in Ontario that year, and the top 36.4% of 1,966 at McMaster University.
Salary trajectory
| Year | Position | Employer | Salary | Benefits | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Professor | McMaster University | $179,232 | $517 | -2.2% |
| 2024 | Professor | McMaster University | $183,211 | $517 | -5.2% |
| 2023 | Professor | McMaster University | $193,262 | $501 | -0.9% |
| 2022 | Professor | McMaster University | $194,987 | $449 | -7.1% |
| 2021 | Professor | McMaster University | $209,846 | $307 | -9.1% |
| 2020 | Professor | McMaster University | $230,844 | $232 | -11.4% |
| 2019 | Professor | McMaster University | $260,511 | $218 | +2.2% |
| 2018 | Professor | McMaster University | $254,858 | $218 | +1.6% |
| 2017 | Professor | McMaster University | $250,901 | $227 | -1.4% |
| 2016 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $254,544 | $227 | -14.1% |
| 2015 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $296,390 | $194 | +3.3% |
| 2014 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $286,943 | $175 | -3.8% |
| 2013 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $298,149 | $175 | +3.0% |
| 2012 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $289,504 | $175 | +9.0% |
| 2011 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $265,481 | $194 | +11.0% |
| 2010 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $239,247 | $213 | +8.2% |
| 2009 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $221,121 | $234 | -9.2% |
| 2008 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $243,645 | $272 | +17.4% |
| 2007 | Director/Associate Professor | McMaster University | $207,600 | $284 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | Director & Associate Professor | McMaster University | $206,468 | $295 | -8.7% |
| 2005 | Director/Associate Professor | McMaster University | $226,157 | $295 | -1.1% |
| 2004 | Assoc. Professor | McMaster University | $228,620 | $286 | +23.3% |
| 2003 | Director/ Associate Professor | McMaster University | $185,442 | $337 | +8.8% |
| 2002 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $170,425 | $382 | -14.1% |
| 2001 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $198,511 | $280 | +24.4% |
| 2000 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $159,534 | $248 | +8.3% |
| 1999 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $147,346 | $235 | -0.9% |
| 1998 | Assistant Professor, Health Sciences | McMaster University | $148,644 | $231 | — |