How this pay compares — 2025
Their 2025 salary of $229,725 ranks in the top 2.8% of all 404,922 public-sector salaries disclosed in Ontario that year, and the top 13.4% of 1,966 at McMaster University.
Salary trajectory
| Year | Position | Employer | Salary | Benefits | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $229,725 | $517 | +4.9% |
| 2024 | Associate Chair / Professor | McMaster University | $218,930 | $517 | +3.6% |
| 2023 | Associate Chair / Professor | McMaster University | $211,370 | $501 | +3.6% |
| 2022 | Professor | McMaster University | $204,100 | $449 | +13.9% |
| 2021 | Professor | McMaster University | $179,235 | $392 | -7.9% |
| 2020 | Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $194,593 | $348 | +2.0% |
| 2019 | Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $190,706 | $272 | +3.4% |
| 2018 | Professor/Associate Chair | McMaster University | $184,502 | $218 | +4.6% |
| 2017 | Professor / Associate Chair | McMaster University | $176,413 | $227 | +4.7% |
| 2016 | Professor | McMaster University | $168,503 | $227 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | Professor | McMaster University | $168,386 | $194 | +13.3% |
| 2014 | Professor | McMaster University | $148,606 | $175 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | Professor | McMaster University | $145,095 | $175 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | Professor | McMaster University | $147,458 | $175 | +4.5% |
| 2011 | Professor | McMaster University | $141,150 | $194 | +5.2% |
| 2010 | Professor | McMaster University | $134,218 | $213 | +5.7% |
| 2009 | Professor | McMaster University | $126,979 | $234 | +5.7% |
| 2008 | Professor | McMaster University | $120,132 | $272 | +11.5% |
| 2007 | Professor | McMaster University | $107,695 | $284 | — |