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Mcmaster University Sunshine List 2021

Also filed as Mcmaster (1997).

1,437 employees earning $100K+ · median $158,018 · average $166,668 · overview and trend →

Who makes the most at Mcmaster University in 2021?

Claudia Emerson, Associate Professor, was paid $623,459 in 2021 — the highest total compensation among 1,437 Mcmaster University employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $158,018.

Claudia Emerson

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#NameTitle as filedSalaryTotal
1Claudia EmersonAssociate Professor$623,067$623,459
2Salim YusufProfessor$488,863$490,061
3Mohit BhandariProfessor$480,940$481,247
4Paul O’ByrneDean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) / Professor$446,666$456,234
5Leonard WavermanProfessor / Dean$421,667$421,667
6Akbar PanjuProfessor$404,605$404,605
7David FarrarPresident and Vice-Chancellor$389,837$399,803
8Mick BhatiaProfessor$388,455$388,847
9Gregory SteinbergProfessor$388,340$388,733
10Gerard WrightProfessor$388,139$388,532
11Angelo MikrogianakisProfessor$385,411$385,718
12John KeltonProfessor$378,819$383,971
13Stephen M CollinsProfessor$378,508$378,508
14Hertzel C GersteinProfessor$371,770$372,068
15Susan DenburgProfessor$371,492$371,492
16Roger CouldreyStrategic Advisor to the President and Vice-Presidents$328,051$352,278
17Susan TigheProvost and Vice-President (Academic)$328,974$339,290
18Henry A GirouxProfessor$338,411$338,411
19William OrovanProfessor$336,858$338,178
20James PaulProfessor$336,590$336,897
21Nicholas KatesProfessor$333,193$333,465
22Margaret A BaumannProfessor$327,051$327,051
23John MaheuProfessor / Endowed Chair$326,384$326,777
24Holger SchunemannProfessor$326,041$326,348
25Ronald BalversProfessor / Endowed Chair$324,436$324,828
26Charu KaushicProfessor$321,479$321,872
27Karen MossmanVice-President Research$307,043$317,342
28Jon BarrettProfessor$315,650$315,917
29Trevor W ChamberlainProfessor / Area Chair$312,174$312,174
30Jiaping QiuProfessor / Endowed Chair$309,173$311,961
31Mary WilliamsVice-President, University Advancement$301,450$311,733
32John LavisProfessor$308,223$308,615
33Matthew SibbaldAssociate Professor / Instructional Assistant$305,166$305,473
34Jeremiah E HurleyProfessor / Dean$304,619$305,012
35Ali EmadiProfessor$304,106$304,499
36Mahmut ParlarProfessor / Distinguished Research Professor$303,581$303,940
37Paul MoayyediProfessor$301,442$301,749
38Deborah CookProfessor$300,202$300,609
39Gary A ChaimowitzProfessor$298,158$298,465
40Nicholas LeylandProfessor$296,714$297,021
41Gayleen GrayAssistant Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer$272,386$296,475
42David PriceProfessor$295,674$295,981
43Peter MascherProfessor / Vice-Provost (International Affairs)$294,493$294,885
44Mohamed A ElbestawiProfessor$294,751$294,851
45Alfonso IorioProfessor$291,548$291,855
46Milena HeadProfessor / Endowed Chair / Director$289,807$290,199
47Deidre HenneAssistant Vice-President Administration and Chief Financial Officer$265,644$289,757
48Jeffrey RacineProfessor$286,849$287,241
49Khaled S HassaneinProfessor / Director / Associate Dean / Dean$286,187$286,580
50Parminder RainaProfessor / Director$282,496$282,888
51Jeffrey S HealeyProfessor$280,546$280,853
52Rick HackettProfessor / Canada Research Chair / Area Chair$280,299$280,692
53Eric BrownProfessor$279,678$280,070
54Mark CrowtherProfessor$279,338$279,645
55Deborah MartinAssistant Vice-President and Chief Facilities Officer$269,528$279,614
56Teresa ChanAssociate Professor / Assistant Dean / Instructional Assistant / Instructional Design and Education Research Coordinator$279,265$279,571
57Maureen J MacdonaldProfessor / Dean$277,763$278,156
58Sean Van KoughnettAssistant Vice-President, Students and Learning / Dean of Students$253,067$277,151
59Flavio KapczinskiProfessor$275,388$275,672
60Michael SuretteProfessor$274,158$274,550
61Wanda MckennaChief Human Resources Officer$261,975$272,140
62Anna DanielovaAssociate Professor / Associate Dean$268,648$269,041
63James MackillopProfessor$266,235$269,023
64Linda CosloviAssistant Vice-President Finance and Planning (Academic)$258,684$268,773
65Jonathan BramsonProfessor$268,014$268,406
66Robert WhyteAssociate Professor$268,083$268,390
67Douglas L WelchProfessor / Vice-Provost and Dean Of Graduate Studies$267,880$268,272
68Yiqiang JinAssociate Professor / Director$267,700$268,093
69Khalid NainarProfessor / Area Chair / Director$266,432$266,825
70Emad MohammadAssociate Professor / Director$265,159$265,552
71Ryan Van LieshoutAssociate Professor$263,066$263,373
72Susan MccrackenProfessor / Associate Dean$261,133$261,525
73Ian HambletonProfessor$259,915$259,915
74John D BrennanProfessor / Canada Research Chair / Director$258,511$258,904
75Rita CossaAssociate Professor$255,806$256,198
76Benson HonigProfessor / Endowed Chair$255,515$255,907
77Susan GirouxProfessor$255,226$255,618
78Sandra CarrollAssociate Professor$254,699$255,091
79James DunnProfessor / Department Chair / Director$254,618$255,010
80Patrick BennettProfessor$253,011$253,403
81Narat CharupatProfessor$252,835$253,228
82Andrea FarquharAssistant Vice-President, Public and Government Relations$243,070$253,192
83Gianluigi BottonProfessor / Canada Research Chair$252,676$253,069
84Martin KolbProfessor$251,801$252,108
85Dina BrooksProfessor$250,310$250,702
86Clarence C Y KwanProfessor$250,607$250,607
87Mukul SharmaAssociate Professor$249,514$249,821
88Bruce D GaulinProfessor / Endowed Chair$248,944$249,464
89Jamal DeenProfessor$248,371$248,763
90Richard WhitlockProfessor$248,373$248,680
91Laurel TrainorProfessor / Director$248,140$248,533
92Pamela E SwettProfessor / Dean$247,479$247,871
93John S PrestonProfessor / Associate Dean$246,707$247,228
94Arig Al ShaibahVice Provost (Equity and Inclusion) / Educational Instructor$223,060$247,105
95Michael J WaddingtonProfessor$246,198$246,590
96Philip DevereauxProfessor$245,581$245,888
97Lori WhiteheadProfessor$244,790$245,097
98Mark D InmanProfessor$243,971$244,363
99Rafael KleimanCanada Research Chair / Professor / Department Chair$243,952$244,344
100Brian CoombesProfessor$243,921$244,313
101Yair BersonProfessor$243,610$244,002
102Manish VermaAssociate Professor / Area Chair$241,191$243,978
103Ekaterina MalinovaAssociate Professor / Chair$243,252$243,644
104Dean MountainProfessor$243,122$243,514
105Janok BhattacharyaProfessor$242,904$243,297
106Eric SawyerProfessor$243,132$243,132
107Lorraine YorkProfessor$241,358$241,878
108Gordon GuyattProfessor$240,742$241,262
109Suzanne CrostaProfessor$240,649$241,169
110Marvin G RyderAssociate Professor$240,222$240,614
111Ken CruikshankProfessor$239,681$240,074
112John W MedcofProfessor / Director$239,568$239,568
113John LuxatProfessor$239,032$239,032
114Vladimir MahalecProfessor / Associate Director$238,380$238,380
115Turlough M FinanProfessor$237,180$238,359
116Lennox A SweetmanProfessor$237,917$238,309
117Paul McnicholasProfessor / Director / Associate Chair$235,281$238,069
118Ram MishraProfessor / Director$238,052$238,052
119David S WilkinsonProfessor$236,252$236,252
120Michael R VeallProfessor$235,407$235,927
121Eu-Gene NgAssociate Professor / Program Chair$235,295$235,687
122Harriet L MacmillanProfessor$234,923$235,230
123Mandeep S MalikAssociate Professor / Director$234,484$234,877
124Carmel E MothersillProfessor / Canada Research Chair$234,668$234,668
125Peter MiuProfessor$234,249$234,642
126Shannon BatesProfessor$234,071$234,378
127Bruce C WainmanProfessor$233,430$233,822
128Michael A BrookProfessor$232,410$233,571
129Andrew KnightsProfessor / Associate Vice-President Research and International Affairs / Director$232,839$233,232
130Guoying LuoProfessor$232,273$232,682
131Robert PeltonProfessor / Director$232,547$232,547
132Gail KrantzbergProfessor$231,275$231,667
133Laura E HarringtonAssistant Vice-President, Faculty of Health Sciences$221,546$231,606
134Mark LarcheProfessor$231,093$231,485
135Nick BontisAssociate Professor / Area Chair$230,769$231,162
136Michael FarquharsonProfessor / Associate Dean$229,185$229,577
137Stuart PhillipsProfessor / Director$229,079$229,471
138Katherine MorrisonProfessor$229,097$229,404
139Jason W BusseAssociate Professor$229,002$229,394
140Lorna E SomersAssistant Vice-President, Development$228,954$229,215
141Narayanaswamy BalakrishnanProfessor / Associate Chair$228,261$228,782
142Ralph E PudritzProfessor$228,707$228,707
143Timothy DavidsonProfessor / Department Chair$228,139$228,581
144Donald ArnoldProfessor$227,999$228,306
145Xiaolin WuProfessor$227,609$228,002
146Richard C AustinProfessor$224,740$227,528
147Fiona McneillProfessor$227,039$227,431
148Lori BurrowsProfessor$226,767$227,159
149Manel JordanaProfessor$226,466$226,825
150Gianni PariseProfessor / Associate Professor / Department Chair$226,337$226,729
151Yun ZhouAssistant Professor$221,503$226,686
152Katherine CuffProfessor$226,181$226,574
153Yufei YuanProfessor$226,525$226,525
154John F ValliantProfessor$225,766$226,158
155Ishwar PuriProfessor / Dean$225,630$226,152
156Juliet DanielProfessor / Associate Dean$225,440$225,832
157Teal McateerAssociate Professor$225,386$225,778
158Bonny IbhawohProfessor$225,363$225,756
159Mohamed M ShehataProfessor$225,433$225,433
160Judith FudgeProfessor$224,635$225,027
161Steve HranilovicProfessor / Associate Dean$224,561$224,954
162Heather SheardownProfessor / Dean$224,448$224,840
163Catherine ConnellyProfessor / Canada Research Chair / Area Chair$224,187$224,579
164Amanda BellRegional Assistant Dean / Instructional Assistant$224,416$224,416
165Brian GoldingProfessor$223,629$224,022
166Carl RichardsProfessor$222,928$223,992
167Lotfi BelkhirAssociate Professor$221,142$223,930
168Martin GibalaProfessor$222,942$223,334
169Ameen PatelProfessor$223,013$223,320
170Maria StroinskaProfessor / Department Chair$222,128$222,507
171John C WeaverProfessor$222,394$222,394
172Michael ThompsonProfessor / Associate Dean$221,756$222,149
173Ranil R SonnadaraSpecial Advisor and Executive Director$210,098$222,105
174Vivian LewisUniversity Librarian$211,823$221,945
175Glen RandallProfessor / Director / Area Chair$221,334$221,726
176Margaret FahnestockProfessor$220,935$221,410
177Marilyn LightstoneProfessor / Department Chair$220,158$220,550
178David EarnProfessor$220,061$220,454
179William M FarmerProfessor$220,035$220,427
180Elkafi HassiniProfessor$217,181$219,952
181Hans U BodenProfessor$219,522$219,915
182Jean WilsonAssociate Professor$219,294$219,687
183Carolyn H EylesProfessor$218,413$218,805
184Jonathan M WaltonProfessor$218,352$218,759
185Stephanie AtkinsonProfessor$218,571$218,571
186Bradd HartProfessor$218,157$218,550
187Josip ZicSenior Health Physicist / Sessional Faculty$205,001$218,540
188Petra RethmannProfessor / Director$218,110$218,503
189Mohamed BakrProfessor$215,619$218,406
190Robert B MillikenProfessor / Department Chair$217,853$218,245
191Marie ElliotProfessor / Department Chair$217,597$217,990
192Louis SchmidtProfessor$217,531$217,923
193Thia KirubarajanProfessor$217,368$217,760
194Mckenzie WangProfessor$217,335$217,728
195Sudipto SarkarProfessor$217,275$217,668
196Karen KiddProfessor$217,271$217,664
197Joseph MccermidProfessor / Associate Chair$217,245$217,637
198Daniel ColemanProfessor$217,195$217,587
199Audrey L HicksProfessor / Associate Chair$217,175$217,567
200Anna MoroAssociate Professor / Director$217,021$217,413
201James GillettAssociate Professor / Associate Dean$216,530$216,923
202Alexandra LawsonExecutive Director, Public Affairs$203,636$216,802
203Gary SchrobilgenProfessor$216,484$216,484
204Ray R LapierreProfessor$215,939$216,332
205Devashish PujariProfessor$215,888$216,280
206Kenneth DealProfessor$216,254$216,254
207Stephen JonesProfessor$215,626$216,018
208Greig MordueAssociate Professor$215,582$215,975
209Kimberley DejAssociate Professor / Vice-Provost (Faculty)$215,554$215,946
210Sourav RayProfessor / Area Chair / Professor$215,550$215,943
211Aubrey D CannonProfessor$215,366$215,758
212Yingfu LiProfessor$214,882$215,274
213Jan HuizingaProfessor$215,175$215,175
214Ali-Reza MontazemiProfessor$214,711$214,711
215Shrikant BangdiwalaProfessor$214,240$214,633
216Stacey RitzAssociate Professor$214,169$214,561
217Mark LawfordProfessor / Department Chair$214,026$214,418
218Matthew A ValerioteProfessor$213,912$214,304
219Bernice DowneyAssistant Professor$213,683$214,075
220Wael El-DakhakhniProfessor / Director$213,380$213,772
221Victor SatzewichProfessor$213,075$213,468
222Terry D ToddProfessor$212,947$213,340
223Douglas G DownProfessor$212,881$213,274
224Sonia AnandProfessor$212,774$213,181
225Bruce K NewboldProfessor / Director$212,765$213,157
226Peidong WuProfessor$212,726$213,119
227Alan WassyngProfessor$213,081$213,081
228Graeme LukeProfessor / Department Chair$212,653$213,046
229Wolfram KahlProfessor / Associate Chair$212,554$212,946
230Gavin AndrewsProfessor / Director / Department Chair$212,489$212,881
231Saeid HabibiEndowed Chair / Professor$212,468$212,860
232Steven E HannaProfessor / Associate Dean$212,273$212,665
233James KingProfessor$212,647$212,647
234Christine D WilsonProfessor$212,120$212,512
235Darren LawlessAssistant Vice-President, Research, Innovation and Partnerships$199,454$212,493
236Brian DetlorProfessor / Area Chair$212,094$212,487
237Stephen McbrideProfessor / Endowed Chair$212,420$212,420
238Maureen DobbinsProfessor$211,799$212,191
239Maryam GhasemaghaeiAssociate Professor / Area Chair$211,543$211,936
240Amiram J GafniProfessor$211,797$211,797
241Sheila SinghProfessor$211,429$211,736
242Tony PorterProfessor$210,433$211,505
243Judy Major-GirardinProfessor$210,996$211,388
244Alex AdronovProfessor / Director$210,934$211,327
245Lisa SchwartzProfessor$210,933$211,325
246Nicholas KevlahanProfessor$210,916$211,308
247Carlos FilipeProfessor / Department Chair$210,884$211,276
248Peter WalmsleyProfessor$210,196$211,269
249Hendrik PoinarProfessor$210,776$211,169
250Radhey S GuptaProfessor$211,039$211,039