How this pay compares — 2025
Their 2025 salary of $247,572 ranks in the top 2.0% of all 404,922 public-sector salaries disclosed in Ontario that year, and the top 8.2% of 1,966 at McMaster University.
Salary trajectory
| Year | Position | Employer | Salary | Benefits | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Professor / Department Chair | McMaster University | $247,572 | $517 | +1.4% |
| 2024 | Department Chair / Professor | McMaster University | $244,136 | $517 | +3.0% |
| 2023 | Department Chair / Professor | McMaster University | $237,011 | $501 | +6.8% |
| 2022 | Department Chair / Professor | McMaster University | $221,910 | $449 | +9.3% |
| 2021 | Professor / Department Chair | McMaster University | $202,987 | $392 | +10.0% |
| 2020 | Professor | McMaster University | $184,485 | $348 | +2.9% |
| 2019 | Professor | McMaster University | $179,294 | $272 | +3.5% |
| 2018 | Professor | McMaster University | $173,277 | $218 | +3.8% |
| 2017 | Professor | McMaster University | $166,857 | $227 | +4.1% |
| 2016 | Professor | McMaster University | $160,316 | $227 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | Professor | McMaster University | $156,845 | $173 | +8.8% |
| 2014 | Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $144,219 | $175 | +4.6% |
| 2013 | Professor/Associate Chair | McMaster University | $137,843 | $175 | +4.8% |
| 2012 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $131,524 | $175 | — |