How this pay compares — 2025
Their 2025 salary of $420,053 ranks in the top 0.2% of all 404,922 public-sector salaries disclosed in Ontario that year, and the top 0.6% of 1,966 at McMaster University.
Salary trajectory
| Year | Position | Employer | Salary | Benefits | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Director / Professor | McMaster University | $420,053 | $517 | +3.2% |
| 2024 | Director / Professor | McMaster University | $406,987 | $517 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | Director / Director / Professor | McMaster University | $404,819 | $501 | -2.1% |
| 2022 | Director / Professor | McMaster University | $413,296 | $1,769 | +46.3% |
| 2021 | Professor / Director | McMaster University | $282,496 | $392 | -4.9% |
| 2020 | Professor / Director | McMaster University | $297,202 | $348 | +2.1% |
| 2019 | Professor / Director | McMaster University | $291,160 | $272 | -5.1% |
| 2018 | Professor/Director | McMaster University | $306,649 | $218 | +24.9% |
| 2017 | Professor / Director | McMaster University | $245,430 | $227 | +2.8% |
| 2016 | Professor / Director | McMaster University | $238,780 | $227 | -2.2% |
| 2015 | Professor/Director | McMaster University | $244,258 | $194 | +13.5% |
| 2014 | Professor / Director | McMaster University | $215,247 | $1,630 | -6.7% |
| 2013 | Professor | McMaster University | $230,673 | $1,048 | +18.0% |
| 2012 | Professor | McMaster University | $195,458 | $466 | -10.2% |
| 2011 | Professor | McMaster University | $217,734 | $1,067 | +7.4% |
| 2010 | Professor | McMaster University | $202,732 | $213 | +3.6% |
| 2009 | Professor | McMaster University | $195,780 | $234 | +17.6% |
| 2008 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $166,528 | $272 | +29.4% |
| 2007 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $128,647 | $284 | +6.1% |
| 2006 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $121,292 | $295 | +5.4% |
| 2005 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $115,120 | $295 | +6.0% |
| 2004 | Assoc. Professor | McMaster University | $108,558 | $1,544 | +6.1% |
| 2003 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $102,271 | $1,382 | — |