How this pay compares — 2025
Their 2025 salary of $242,201 ranks in the top 2.2% of all 404,922 public-sector salaries disclosed in Ontario that year, and the top 9.6% of 1,966 at McMaster University.
Salary trajectory
| Year | Position | Employer | Salary | Benefits | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $242,201 | $517 | +4.7% |
| 2024 | Associate Chair / Professor | McMaster University | $231,239 | $517 | +9.5% |
| 2023 | Associate Chair / Professor | McMaster University | $211,135 | $501 | +2.0% |
| 2022 | Associate Chair / Professor | McMaster University | $207,042 | $449 | -2.6% |
| 2021 | Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $212,554 | $392 | +3.0% |
| 2020 | Associate Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $206,432 | $348 | +2.8% |
| 2019 | Associate Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $200,714 | $272 | +3.1% |
| 2018 | Associate Professor/Associate Chair | McMaster University | $194,611 | $218 | +3.3% |
| 2017 | Associate Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $188,354 | $227 | +4.7% |
| 2016 | Associate Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $179,874 | $227 | +12.5% |
| 2015 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $159,934 | $194 | -2.8% |
| 2014 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $164,536 | $175 | +2.5% |
| 2013 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $160,525 | $175 | +2.8% |
| 2012 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $156,138 | $175 | +3.5% |
| 2011 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $150,890 | $194 | +4.1% |
| 2010 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $144,897 | $213 | +4.7% |
| 2009 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $138,386 | $234 | +5.1% |
| 2008 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $131,712 | $272 | +5.6% |
| 2007 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $124,698 | $284 | +6.6% |
| 2006 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $116,938 | $295 | +5.8% |
| 2005 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $110,575 | $295 | +5.9% |
| 2004 | Assoc. Professor | McMaster University | $104,377 | $286 | -7.4% |
| 2002 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $112,774 | $327 | — |