How this pay compares — 2025
Their 2025 salary of $230,106 ranks in the top 2.8% of all 404,922 public-sector salaries disclosed in Ontario that year, and the top 13.3% of 1,966 at McMaster University.
Salary trajectory
| Year | Position | Employer | Salary | Benefits | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $230,106 | $517 | +5.2% |
| 2024 | Associate Chair / Associate Professor | McMaster University | $218,769 | $517 | +9.6% |
| 2023 | Associate Chair / Associate Professor | McMaster University | $199,620 | $501 | +2.4% |
| 2022 | Associate Chair / Associate Professor | McMaster University | $194,992 | $449 | -1.6% |
| 2021 | Associate Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $198,123 | $392 | +3.5% |
| 2020 | Associate Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $191,378 | $348 | +3.3% |
| 2019 | Associate Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $185,309 | $272 | +4.0% |
| 2018 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $178,156 | $218 | +3.4% |
| 2017 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $172,358 | $227 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $170,727 | $227 | +9.9% |
| 2015 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $155,389 | $194 | +3.5% |
| 2014 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $150,164 | $175 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $149,961 | $175 | +7.9% |
| 2012 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $138,957 | $175 | +4.5% |
| 2011 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $133,015 | $194 | +5.1% |
| 2010 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $126,585 | $213 | +5.6% |
| 2009 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $119,848 | $234 | +5.9% |
| 2008 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $113,128 | $272 | -0.3% |
| 2007 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $113,506 | $284 | +13.5% |
| 2006 | Assistant Professor | McMaster University | $100,003 | $292 | — |