How this pay compares — 2025
Their 2025 salary of $285,430 ranks in the top 1.1% of all 404,922 public-sector salaries disclosed in Ontario that year, and the top 3.5% of 1,966 at McMaster University.
Salary trajectory
| Year | Position | Employer | Salary | Benefits | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Professor / Director | McMaster University | $285,430 | $474 | +6.8% |
| 2024 | Director / Professor | McMaster University | $267,220 | $517 | +1.9% |
| 2023 | Director / Professor | McMaster University | $262,225 | $501 | +2.7% |
| 2022 | Director / Professor | McMaster University | $255,420 | $449 | +2.9% |
| 2021 | Professor / Director | McMaster University | $248,140 | $392 | +3.4% |
| 2020 | Professor / Director | McMaster University | $240,075 | $348 | +8.3% |
| 2019 | Professor / Director | McMaster University | $221,681 | $272 | -1.7% |
| 2018 | Professor/Director | McMaster University | $225,441 | $218 | +2.2% |
| 2017 | Professor / Director | McMaster University | $220,676 | $227 | +5.8% |
| 2016 | Professor / Director | McMaster University | $208,618 | $227 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | Professor/Director | McMaster University | $207,917 | $194 | +9.2% |
| 2014 | Professor / Director | McMaster University | $190,429 | $175 | +3.0% |
| 2013 | Professor/Director | McMaster University | $184,843 | $175 | +3.3% |
| 2012 | Professor/Director | McMaster University | $178,914 | $175 | +3.8% |
| 2011 | Professor/Director | McMaster University | $172,390 | $194 | +4.2% |
| 2010 | Professor/Director | McMaster University | $165,365 | $213 | +5.8% |
| 2009 | Professor/Director | McMaster University | $156,343 | $234 | +6.1% |
| 2008 | Professor | McMaster University | $147,420 | $272 | +5.2% |
| 2007 | Professor | McMaster University | $140,084 | $284 | +8.8% |
| 2006 | Professor | McMaster University | $128,740 | $295 | +2.7% |
| 2005 | Professor | McMaster University | $125,300 | $295 | — |