How this pay compares — 2025
Their 2025 salary of $249,215 ranks in the top 1.9% of all 404,922 public-sector salaries disclosed in Ontario that year, and the top 7.7% of 1,966 at McMaster University.
Salary trajectory
| Year | Position | Employer | Salary | Benefits | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Professor / Director | McMaster University | $249,215 | $517 | +0.3% |
| 2024 | Director / Professor | McMaster University | $248,470 | $517 | +3.4% |
| 2023 | Director / Professor | McMaster University | $240,232 | $501 | -5.0% |
| 2022 | Director / Professor | McMaster University | $252,833 | $449 | -5.6% |
| 2021 | Associate Professor / Director | McMaster University | $267,700 | $392 | +18.3% |
| 2020 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $226,277 | $348 | +7.2% |
| 2019 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $211,148 | $272 | -0.9% |
| 2018 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $212,999 | $218 | +15.0% |
| 2017 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $185,182 | $227 | -3.6% |
| 2016 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $192,169 | $227 | -29.6% |
| 2015 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $272,980 | $194 | +76.2% |
| 2014 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $154,937 | $175 | +2.9% |
| 2013 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $150,583 | $175 | +3.3% |
| 2012 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $145,836 | $175 | -6.8% |
| 2011 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $156,477 | $194 | +17.5% |
| 2010 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $133,180 | $213 | — |