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Mcmaster University Sunshine List 2024

Also filed as Mcmaster (1997).

1,818 employees earning $100K+ · median $152,728 · average $165,950 · overview and trend →

Who makes the most at Mcmaster University in 2024?

David Farrar, President and Vice-Chancellor, was paid $528,908 in 2024 — the highest total compensation among 1,818 Mcmaster University employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $152,728.

David Farrar

All Employees · 1,818 in 2024 · page 1 of 8

#NameTitle as filedSalaryTotal
1David FarrarPresident and Vice-Chancellor$518,942$528,908
2Salim YusufProfessor$502,133$502,133
3Claudia EmersonProfessor$478,337$478,855
4Paul O’ByrneDean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) / Professor$462,955$472,522
5Susan TigheProvost and Vice-President (Academic)$442,141$452,695
6Mohit BhandariProfessor$448,462$448,979
7Gerard WrightProfessor$416,163$416,680
8Gregory SteinbergProfessor$415,043$415,560
9Mick BhatiaProfessor$413,632$415,529
10John LavisProfessor$414,426$414,943
11Leonard WavermanProfessor$413,773$413,773
12Saher FazilatVice President, Operations And Finance$384,900$411,233
13Parminder RainaDirector / Professor$406,987$407,504
14Khaled S HassaneinDean / Professor$406,949$407,466
15John KeltonProfessor$406,784$406,784
16Angelo MikrogianakisProfessor$398,242$398,759
17Karen MossmanProfessor$379,886$385,789
18Andrew KnightsVice-President Research$372,523$382,842
19Susan DenburgProfessor$368,647$368,647
20Charu KaushicProfessor$365,284$365,801
21Henry Armand GirouxProfessor$360,027$360,027
22Varun ChaudharyProfessor$354,978$355,495
23James MackillopProfessor$353,793$354,311
24Margaret Andrea BaumannProfessor$352,076$352,076
25Ronald BalversArea Chair / Endowed Chair / Professor$347,956$348,473
26Mahmut ParlarDistinguished Research Professor / Professor$345,928$345,928
27Milena HeadDirector / Endowed Chair / Professor$343,941$344,458
28Jeremiah Edward HurleyDean / Professor$342,668$343,185
29Sonia AnandAssociate Vice-President / Professor$332,273$332,790
30Ali EmadiProfessor / Professor$331,820$332,337
31Lili LitwinVice-President University Advancement$301,450$330,601
32Hertzel Chaim GersteinProfessor$329,996$330,514
33Wanda MckennaAssociate Vice-President and Chief Human Resources Office$318,166$328,655
34Sean Van KoughnettAssistant Vice President Student, Learning and Dean of Students$302,219$328,481
35John MaheuProfessor$327,870$328,387
36Heather SheardownDean / Professor$327,673$328,190
37Alfonso IorioProfessor$323,263$323,780
38Deborah MartinAssociate Vice President, Real Estate, Partnerships and Ancillary Operations$304,927$315,181
39Jonathan BramsonProfessor$314,585$315,102
40James PaulProfessor$312,455$312,973
41Maureen J MacdonaldDean / Professor$309,114$309,632
42Gayleen GrayAssistant Vice President and Chief Technology Officer$283,316$309,557
43Peter MascherProfessor$308,707$309,225
44Jeffrey RacineProfessor$308,219$308,736
45Brian CoombesProfessor$307,885$308,402
46Andrea FarquharChief Executive, Internal and External Engagement$294,792$305,255
47Deborah CookProfessor$304,352$304,869
48Brent DavisUniversity Counsel$294,135$304,565
49Gary Andrew ChaimowitzProfessor$303,532$304,049
50Eric BrownProfessor$301,257$301,774
51Rick HackettArea Chair / Canada Research Chair Tier I / Professor$300,758$301,275
52Akbar PanjuProfessor$300,186$300,186
53Michael SuretteProfessor$297,114$297,631
54Matthew SibbaldAssociate Professor / Instructional Assistant$294,254$295,734
55Sandra CarrollProfessor$293,255$293,773
56Hendrik PoinarProfessor$289,481$289,998
57Pamela E SwettDean / Professor$288,667$289,184
58Jamal DeenProfessor$284,320$284,794
59Ehab KamarahAssociate Vice-President and Chief Facilities Officer$258,458$284,359
60Bonny IbhawohProfessor / Vice-Provost (International Affairs)$283,174$283,691
61James DunnAssociate Dean / Director / Educational Instructor / Professor$282,913$283,430
62Douglas L WelchProfessor$281,221$281,739
63Ekaterina MalinovaAssociate Professor / Chair / Director$281,045$281,563
64Cameron CurrieProfessor$276,499$281,397
65Sheila SinghProfessor$279,621$280,138
66Dina BrooksProfessor$279,477$279,994
67John Stewart PrestonAssociate Dean / Professor / Strategic Advisor$277,553$278,240
68Ian HambletonProfessor$278,041$278,041
69Gianni PariseAssoc Vp Research / Associate Professor / Dean / Professor$276,501$277,018
70Darren LawlessAssociate Vice-President Research Innovation and Partnerships$235,798$275,392
71Benson HonigDirector / Endowed Chair / Professor$273,902$274,376
72Janok BhattacharyaDirector / Professor$273,158$273,675
73Mark CrowtherProfessor$272,851$273,368
74Karin NeufeldProfessor$271,454$271,971
75Melissa C PoolAssociate Vice-President Academic Planning and Finance$245,827$271,961
76Patrick BennettProfessor$271,371$271,889
77Bruce D GaulinProfessor$270,271$270,958
78Nick BontisArea Chair / Associate Professor$268,223$268,740
79Lennox Arthur SweetmanProfessor$268,012$268,529
80Steve HranilovicProfessor / Vice-Provost and Dean Of Graduate Studies$267,971$268,488
81Trevor William ChamberlainProfessor$267,981$267,981
82Laurel TrainorDirector / Professor$267,220$267,737
83Rafael KleimanCanada Research Chair / Department Chair / Professor$266,033$266,550
84Susan MccrackenArea Chair / Professor$265,905$266,422
85Clarence C Y KwanProfessor$265,683$265,683
86Anna DanielovaAssociate Professor$263,986$264,504
87Mukul SharmaProfessor$263,816$264,333
88Manish VermaAssociate Dean / Associate Professor$263,410$263,928
89John D BrennanCanada Research Chair / Director / Professor$262,261$262,778
90Elkafi HassiniAssociate Dean / Professor$259,629$262,336
91Yair BersonProfessor$261,136$261,654
92Lorraine YorkProfessor$260,886$261,573
93Thomas DoyleAssociate Professor$261,043$261,560
94Fiona McneillAssociate Chair / Professor$260,877$261,394
95Marvin George RyderAssociate Professor$259,832$260,349
96Jon BarrettProfessor$259,083$259,600
97Steven Edward HannaAssociate Dean / Professor$259,027$259,544
98Sukhvinder ObhiAssociate Vice-President / Professor$256,548$259,255
99Eric SawyerProfessor$259,092$259,092
100David TuckerAssistant Vice President Research Nuclear$247,721$258,070
101Ryan Van LieshoutProfessor$256,673$257,191
102Jason Walter BusseProfessor$256,539$257,056
103Khalid NainarProfessor$255,287$255,804
104Donald ArnoldProfessor$255,185$255,702
105Omer AhmedAssociate Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer$230,781$255,077
106John Wren MedcofAssociate Dean / Professor$254,007$254,007
107Ken CruikshankProfessor$252,814$253,331
108Niko HildebrandtProfessor$252,648$253,166
109Laura Elizabeth HarringtonAssistant Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Faculty of Health Sciences$242,854$253,164
110Carmel Emelia MothersillCanada Research Chair / Professor$253,109$253,109
111Susan GirouxProfessor$252,489$253,007
112Matheus Da Rocha GrasselliDeputy Provost / Professor$252,109$252,626
113David EarnProfessor$251,646$252,163
114Bruce Charles WainmanProfessor$251,245$251,762
115Mark David InmanProfessor$250,840$251,357
116Steven MooreTreasurer$234,894$251,019
117Kimberley DejAssociate Professor / Vice-Provost (Faculty)$250,278$250,795
118K Bruce NewboldAssociate Dean / Professor$250,019$250,536
119Vladimir MahalecProfessor$250,349$250,349
120Marie ElliotDepartment Chair / Professor$249,444$249,961
121John Charles WeaverProfessor$249,901$249,901
122Narat CharupatProfessor$249,352$249,869
123Robert WhyteAssociate Professor$249,145$249,662
124Matthew S MillerAssociate Professor$246,517$249,224
125Richard C AustinProfessor$245,039$249,127
126Philip DevereauxProfessor$248,581$249,099
127Yiqiang JinDirector / Professor$248,470$248,987
128Erin ReidCanada Research Chair Tier II / Professor$246,142$248,850
129Yufei YuanProfessor$248,800$248,800
130Kathy ChartersAssistant Vice President Research Administration$238,180$248,499
131Juliet DanielAssociate Dean / Professor / Strategic Advisor$247,717$248,234
132Anna MoroAssociate Professor / Director$247,597$248,114
133Brian DetlorArea Chair / Professor$247,549$248,066
134Robert PeltonDirector / Professor$247,788$247,788
135Michael FarquharsonProfessor$246,970$247,487
136Michael Robert VeallDirector / Professor$246,658$246,658
137Ralph Egon PudritzProfessor$246,500$246,500
138Glen RandallArea Chair / Director / Professor$245,741$246,258
139Hans Ulysses BodenProfessor$245,245$245,762
140Gordon GuyattProfessor$245,455$245,455
141Stephen McbrideDirector / Endowed Chair / Professor$245,361$245,361
142Manel JordanaProfessor$245,106$245,106
143Xiaolin WuProfessor$244,380$244,897
144Mel RutherfordDepartment Chair / Professor$244,136$244,653
145Emad MohammadArea Chair / Associate Professor$243,592$244,109
146John F ValliantProfessor$243,574$244,091
147Ana Regina CamposDepartment Chair / Professor$243,520$244,037
148Vivian LewisUniversity Librarian$233,511$243,889
149Barrington WalkerProfessor / Vice Provost (Equity and Inclusion)$243,157$243,674
150Saeid HabibiEndowed Chair / Professor$243,082$243,599
151Mandeep S MalikArea Chair / Associate Professor$242,414$242,932
152Don AbelsonDirector / Professor$242,169$242,686
153Margaret MckinnonProfessor$242,061$242,579
154Stacey RitzAssistant Dean, Bachelor of Health Sciences Honors Program / Associate Professor$241,726$242,243
155Mohamed BakrDepartment Chair / Professor$241,605$242,123
156Brian GoldingProfessor$241,819$241,819
157Marilyn LightstoneProfessor$240,452$240,969
158Peter MiuProfessor$239,807$240,325
159Teal McateerAssociate Professor$239,807$240,324
160Stuart PhillipsAssociate Chair / Director / Professor$239,137$239,654
161J Michael WaddingtonProfessor$237,886$238,403
162Lori BurrowsFaculty Member / Professor$237,735$238,252
163Karen KiddProfessor$237,605$238,122
164Sarah DicksonAssociate Dean / Professor$237,451$237,968
165William Michael FarmerProfessor$237,433$237,950
166Aaron SchatAssociate Dean / Associate Professor$237,305$237,823
167Timothy DavidsonProfessor$237,171$237,688
168Michael ThompsonAssociate Dean / Professor$237,168$237,685
169Margaret FahnestockProfessor$237,145$237,145
170Sean K CareyDirector / Professor$236,342$236,859
171Narayanaswamy BalakrishnanProfessor$235,978$236,665
172Carl RichardsProfessor$235,134$236,626
173Sudipto SarkarProfessor$235,996$236,514
174Paul McnicholasProfessor$235,957$236,474
175Kai HuangArea Chair / Professor$233,635$236,343
176Kevin VeenstraAssociate Professor$235,787$236,304
177Alfred LiuAssociate Professor$235,531$236,048
178Maryam GhasemaghaeiArea Chair / Associate Professor / Canada Research Chair Tier II$232,999$235,706
179Bradd HartProfessor$235,144$235,661
180Sigal BalshineAssociate Chair / Professor$234,963$235,480
181Carlos FilipeAssociate Dean / Department Chair / Professor$234,946$235,463
182Catherine ConnellyCanada Research Chair Tier II / Director / Professor$234,798$235,315
183Peter WalmsleyDepartment Chair / Professor$233,694$235,224
184Stephanie AtkinsonProfessor$235,156$235,156
185Robert Bruce MillikenProfessor$234,109$234,626
186Gillian Ruth GowardAssociate Dean / Department Chair / Professor$233,976$234,493
187Richard WhitlockProfessor$233,273$233,790
188Jennifer CouturierAssociate Professor$233,255$233,772
189Gail WolkowiczProfessor$233,629$233,629
190Mckenzie WangProfessor$233,608$233,608
191Richard PaigeAssociate Chair / Department Chair / Professor$233,081$233,598
192Alison SillsDepartment Chair / Professor$232,839$233,356
193Natalia Koleva NikolovaAssociate Chair / Professor$232,613$233,131
194Leslie MartinAssociate Professor$232,638$233,086
195Manish KackerAssociate Professor$232,512$233,029
196Lisa SchwartzProfessor$231,938$232,455
197Ruth ChenAssociate Professor / Instructional Design and Education Research Coordinator / Research Assistant$231,509$232,026
198Stephen Clarence VeldhuisDirector / Professor$230,690$231,772
199Jan HuizingaProfessor$231,760$231,760
200Wolfram KahlAssociate Chair / Professor$231,239$231,756
201Devashish PujariProfessor$231,181$231,698
202Gregory PondProfessor$230,948$231,466
203Judith FudgeProfessor$230,914$231,431
204Martin GibalaProfessor$230,901$231,418
205Michael HartmannPart-Time Instructor / Professor$230,770$231,287
206Alexandra LawsonExecutive Director, Public Affairs$216,920$231,211
207James GillettAssociate Professor / Director / Educational Instructor$230,158$230,675
208Alan WassyngProfessor$230,584$230,584
209Eu-Gene NgAssociate Professor / Program Chair$229,874$230,391
210Alex AdronovDirector / Professor$229,766$230,283
211Mark LawfordDepartment Chair / Professor$229,721$230,239
212Shrikant BangdiwalaProfessor$230,239$230,239
213Cameron ChurchillAssistant Professor / Director / Director, Experiential Learning / Program Chair$229,705$230,222
214Guoying LuoProfessor$229,570$230,088
215Rita CossaAssociate Professor$229,386$229,903
216Nicholas KevlahanProfessor$229,358$229,875
217Christopher WaltersChief Of Staff$213,224$229,349
218Natalie HarrowerExecutive Director, Canadian Research Data Centre Network$213,216$229,341
219Xun LiAssociate Chair / Professor$228,792$229,309
220Thia KirubarajanProfessor$228,623$229,140
221Judith West-MaysAssistant Dean, Medical Science / Professor$228,102$228,619
222Martin George Von MohrenschildtAssociate Professor$227,559$228,076
223Young Ki ShinProfessor$227,392$227,909
224Graeme LukeProfessor$227,387$227,904
225Nabil BassimDirector / Professor$227,290$227,807
226Leyla SoleymaniAssociate Vice-President / Professor$225,094$227,801
227Mohamed Marghany ShehataProfessor$227,689$227,689
228John SiamAssociate Professor / Director$227,206$227,680
229Samir ChidiacEndowed Chair / Professor$227,128$227,645
230Louis SchmidtProfessor$227,078$227,595
231Bernice DowneyAssociate Professor$227,074$227,591
232Blaise BourdinProfessor$227,026$227,543
233Josip ZicSessional Faculty / Senior Health Physicist$212,971$227,347
234Joanna PierazzoAssociate Professor$226,660$227,177
235An-Chang ShiProfessor$226,584$227,101
236Joseph McdermidAssociate Chair / Professor$226,474$226,992
237Kari Dalnoki-VeressProfessor$226,456$226,974
238Hatem ZurobDepartment Chair / Professor$226,276$226,793
239Terence FlynnAssociate Professor$226,179$226,696
240Ridha KhedriProfessor$221,747$226,644
241Marc-Andre LetendreAssociate Professor / Department Chair$226,073$226,590
242Michel GrignonDepartment Chair / Professor / Professor$226,062$226,580
243Radhey Shyam GuptaProfessor$226,349$226,349
244Amiram Jacob GafniProfessor$226,342$226,342
245Ryszard JanickiProfessor$226,221$226,221
246Christopher LongoExecutive Committee Member / Professor$225,669$226,186
247Clare Elizabeth MitchellChief Operating Officer$210,291$226,132
248Baniyelme ZoogahArea Chair / Associate Professor$225,522$226,040
249Wael El-DakhakhniAssociate Chair / Professor$225,119$225,636
250Muhammad Altaf ArainDirector / Professor$222,457$225,165