How this pay compares — 2025
Their 2025 salary of $240,618 ranks in the top 2.2% of all 404,922 public-sector salaries disclosed in Ontario that year, and the top 10.1% of 1,966 at McMaster University.
Salary trajectory
| Year | Position | Employer | Salary | Benefits | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $240,618 | $527 | +6.3% |
| 2024 | Professor | McMaster University | $226,456 | $517 | +3.2% |
| 2023 | Professor | McMaster University | $219,502 | $501 | +3.1% |
| 2022 | Professor | McMaster University | $212,961 | $449 | +3.3% |
| 2021 | Professor | McMaster University | $206,076 | $392 | +3.8% |
| 2020 | Professor | McMaster University | $198,623 | $348 | +3.6% |
| 2019 | Professor | McMaster University | $191,635 | $272 | +4.0% |
| 2018 | Professor | McMaster University | $184,307 | $218 | +4.1% |
| 2017 | Professor | McMaster University | $177,127 | $227 | +4.4% |
| 2016 | Professor | McMaster University | $169,682 | $227 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | Professor | McMaster University | $167,749 | $194 | +8.5% |
| 2014 | Professor | McMaster University | $154,607 | $175 | +3.3% |
| 2013 | Professor | McMaster University | $149,679 | $175 | +5.0% |
| 2012 | Professor | McMaster University | $142,619 | $175 | +5.9% |
| 2011 | Professor | McMaster University | $134,697 | $194 | +5.7% |
| 2010 | Professor | McMaster University | $127,429 | $213 | +6.3% |
| 2009 | Associate Professor/Associate Chair | McMaster University | $119,917 | $234 | +6.5% |
| 2008 | Associate Professor/Associate Chair | McMaster University | $112,637 | $272 | +9.7% |
| 2007 | Associate Professor | McMaster University | $102,653 | $284 | — |