How this pay compares — 2025
Their 2025 salary of $271,652 ranks in the top 1.3% of all 404,922 public-sector salaries disclosed in Ontario that year, and the top 4.5% of 1,966 at McMaster University.
Salary trajectory
| Year | Position | Employer | Salary | Benefits | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Associate Professor / Associate Dean / Director | McMaster University | $271,652 | $517 | +3.1% |
| 2024 | Associate Dean / Associate Professor | McMaster University | $263,410 | $517 | -2.8% |
| 2023 | Associate Dean / Associate Professor | McMaster University | $271,080 | $2,806 | +11.0% |
| 2022 | Area Chair / Associate Dean / Associate Professor | McMaster University | $244,147 | $2,880 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | Associate Professor / Area Chair | McMaster University | $241,191 | $2,788 | +3.7% |
| 2020 | Associate Professor / Area Chair | McMaster University | $232,569 | $2,675 | +15.3% |
| 2019 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $201,631 | $2,644 | +10.3% |
| 2018 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $182,738 | $2,360 | -5.2% |
| 2017 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $192,806 | $227 | +9.8% |
| 2016 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $175,616 | $227 | +8.9% |
| 2015 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $161,235 | $194 | +11.6% |
| 2014 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $144,437 | $175 | — |