Mcmaster University Sunshine List 2025
Also filed as Mcmaster (1997).
1,966 employees earning $100K+ · median $150,713 · average $165,955 · overview and trend →
Who makes the most at Mcmaster University in 2025?
Claudia Emerson, Professor, was paid $498,592 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 1,966 Mcmaster University employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $150,713.
All Employees · 1,966 in 2025 · page 1 of 8
| # | Name | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claudia Emerson | Professor | $498,075 | $498,592 |
| 2 | David Farrar | Professor | $483,140 | $488,506 |
| 3 | Susan Tighe | President and Vice-Chancellor | $465,621 | $476,373 |
| 4 | Paul O'Byrne | Dean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) / Professor | $463,235 | $472,802 |
| 5 | Salim Yusuf | Professor | $451,950 | $452,745 |
| 6 | Mohit Bhandari | Professor | $448,462 | $448,979 |
| 7 | Deborah Martin | Associate Vice-President, Real Estate, Partnerships and Ancillary Operations | $433,067 | $443,321 |
| 8 | Gregory Steinberg | Professor | $433,038 | $433,555 |
| 9 | Mick Bhatia | Professor | $430,325 | $432,223 |
| 10 | Khaled S Hassanein | Dean / Professor | $423,431 | $423,949 |
| 11 | Parminder Raina | Director / Professor | $420,053 | $420,570 |
| 12 | Gerard Wright | Professor | $412,681 | $413,198 |
| 13 | Saher Fazilat | Vice-President, Operations and Finance | $384,900 | $411,698 |
| 14 | James Mackillop | Professor | $408,842 | $409,359 |
| 15 | John Kelton | Professor | $408,284 | $408,284 |
| 16 | Karen Mossman | Professor | $403,510 | $403,769 |
| 17 | Angelo Mikrogianakis | Professor | $385,523 | $386,040 |
| 18 | Dina Brooks | Professor | $383,184 | $383,701 |
| 19 | Jeremiah Edward Hurley | Dean / Professor | $378,328 | $378,846 |
| 20 | Charu Kaushic | Professor | $376,140 | $376,657 |
| 21 | Henry Armand Giroux | Professor | $375,167 | $375,167 |
| 22 | Sheila Singh | Professor | $372,005 | $372,522 |
| 23 | Lili Litwin | Vice-President University Advancement | $344,485 | $371,262 |
| 24 | Margaret Andrea Baumann | Professor | $367,859 | $367,859 |
| 25 | Maureen J Macdonald | Provost and Vice-President (Academic) | $353,194 | $358,730 |
| 26 | James Paul | Professor | $356,127 | $356,644 |
| 27 | Andrew Knights | Professor / Associate Vice-President Research | $345,545 | $351,113 |
| 28 | Ali Emadi | Professor | $349,058 | $349,576 |
| 29 | Heather Sheardown | Professor / Dean | $348,467 | $348,984 |
| 30 | Gary Andrew Chaimowitz | Professor | $340,553 | $341,028 |
| 31 | Ronald Balvers | Professor / Endowed Chair / Area Chair | $339,207 | $339,724 |
| 32 | Chelsea Gabel | Professor | $338,881 | $339,398 |
| 33 | Milena Head | Professor / Director / Endowed Chair | $335,657 | $336,174 |
| 34 | Omer Ahmed | Associate Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer | $308,685 | $335,468 |
| 35 | Sean Van Koughnett | Associate Vice-President Student and Dean of Students | $308,685 | $335,468 |
| 36 | Sonia Anand | Associate Vice-President / Professor | $327,338 | $327,855 |
| 37 | Gianni Parise | Vice-President Research / Dean | $319,312 | $324,848 |
| 38 | Ehab Kamarah | Associate Vice-President and Chief Facilities Officer | $297,252 | $324,055 |
| 39 | Brian Coombes | Professor | $322,480 | $322,997 |
| 40 | Jonathan Bramson | Professor | $321,998 | $322,531 |
| 41 | Jeffrey Racine | Professor | $321,850 | $322,367 |
| 42 | John Maheu | Professor / Distinguished Research Professor | $320,396 | $320,913 |
| 43 | Mahmut Parlar | Professor / Distinguished Research Professor | $320,158 | $320,158 |
| 44 | Peter Mascher | Professor | $319,597 | $320,071 |
| 45 | Wanda Mckenna | Associate Vice-President and Chief Human Resources Office | $308,685 | $319,223 |
| 46 | Gayleen Gray | Associate Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer | $292,013 | $318,746 |
| 47 | Eric Brown | Professor | $315,293 | $315,810 |
| 48 | Alfonso Iorio | Professor | $313,218 | $313,735 |
| 49 | Michael Surette | Professor | $311,390 | $311,908 |
| 50 | Pamela E Swett | Professor / Dean | $308,020 | $308,537 |
| 51 | Sandra Carroll | Professor | $307,706 | $308,224 |
| 52 | Brent Davis | University Counsel | $297,252 | $307,758 |
| 53 | Deborah Cook | Professor | $306,927 | $307,444 |
| 54 | Rick Hackett | Professor | $303,737 | $304,211 |
| 55 | James Dunn | Professor / Associate Dean / Director | $303,154 | $303,671 |
| 56 | Hendrik Poinar | Professor | $302,730 | $303,247 |
| 57 | Varun Chaudhary | Professor | $301,372 | $301,889 |
| 58 | John Stewart Preston | Professor / Strategic Advisor / Associate Vice-President | $298,368 | $299,055 |
| 59 | Bonny Ibhawoh | Professor / Vice-Provost (International Affairs) | $296,965 | $297,482 |
| 60 | Janok Bhattacharya | Professor / Director | $296,372 | $296,890 |
| 61 | Matthew Sibbald | Associate Professor / Instructional Assistant | $295,147 | $295,664 |
| 62 | Susan Mccracken | Professor / Area Chair | $294,124 | $294,641 |
| 63 | Cameron Currie | Professor | $288,896 | $294,089 |
| 64 | Anna Danielova | Associate Professor | $291,127 | $291,644 |
| 65 | Ekaterina Malinova | Associate Professor / Chair / Director | $290,380 | $290,897 |
| 66 | Daniel Cordovani | Associate Professor | $287,223 | $287,740 |
| 67 | Marvin George Ryder | Associate Professor / Area Chair | $286,942 | $287,459 |
| 68 | Benson Honig | Professor / Director / Distinguished Research Professor | $287,008 | $287,008 |
| 69 | Laurel Trainor | Professor / Director | $285,430 | $285,904 |
| 70 | Patrick Bennett | Professor | $283,582 | $284,099 |
| 71 | Donald Arnold | Professor | $283,494 | $284,011 |
| 72 | Melissa C Pool | Associate Vice-President Academic Planning and Finance | $257,238 | $283,862 |
| 73 | Bruce D Gaulin | Professor | $282,962 | $283,649 |
| 74 | Jamal Deen | Professor | $283,571 | $283,571 |
| 75 | Ashley Downey | Associate Vice-President, Pan-University Faculty Advancement | $255,916 | $282,536 |
| 76 | Steve Hranilovic | Professor / Vice-Provost and Dean Of Graduate Studies | $281,540 | $282,057 |
| 77 | Catherine Connelly | Professor / Director / Distinguished Research Professor | $281,363 | $281,881 |
| 78 | Lennox Arthur Sweetman | Professor | $280,680 | $281,197 |
| 79 | Rafael Kleiman | Canada Research Chair / Professor / Department Chair | $280,242 | $280,759 |
| 80 | Vivian Lewis | University Librarian | $267,043 | $277,452 |
| 81 | Erin Reid | Canada Research Chair Tier II / Professor | $274,102 | $276,957 |
| 82 | Susan Giroux | Professor | $275,210 | $275,727 |
| 83 | John D Brennan | Professor / Canada Research Chair / Director | $274,156 | $274,673 |
| 84 | K Bruce Newbold | Professor / Associate Dean / Dean | $274,154 | $274,671 |
| 85 | Richard Whitlock | Professor | $273,370 | $273,888 |
| 86 | Elkafi Hassini | Professor / Associate Dean | $273,360 | $273,877 |
| 87 | Lorraine York | Professor | $273,144 | $273,831 |
| 88 | Yair Berson | Professor / Distinguished Research Professor | $272,641 | $273,158 |
| 89 | Michael Robert Veall | Professor / Director | $272,527 | $272,527 |
| 90 | Nick Bontis | Associate Professor / Area Chair | $271,743 | $272,261 |
| 91 | Sukhvinder Obhi | Professor / Associate Vice-President | $269,322 | $272,177 |
| 92 | Manish Verma | Associate Professor / Associate Dean / Director | $271,652 | $272,169 |
| 93 | Thomas Doyle | Associate Professor | $271,636 | $272,153 |
| 94 | Mark Crowther | Professor | $271,510 | $272,027 |
| 95 | Eric Sawyer | Professor | $270,545 | $270,545 |
| 96 | Steven Moore | Treasurer And Chief Investment Officer | $253,886 | $270,476 |
| 97 | Karin Neufeld | Professor | $269,368 | $269,885 |
| 98 | John Lavis | Professor | $267,891 | $268,409 |
| 99 | Laura Elizabeth Harrington | Associate Vice-President and Chief Administrative Officer, Faculty of Health Sciences | $256,580 | $266,929 |
| 100 | Trevor William Chamberlain | Professor | $266,758 | $266,758 |
| 101 | Niko Hildebrandt | Professor | $266,075 | $266,592 |
| 102 | Matheus Da Rocha Grasselli | Deputy Provost / Professor | $265,178 | $265,696 |
| 103 | Matthew S Miller | Professor | $260,502 | $265,695 |
| 104 | Jason Walter Busse | Professor | $264,766 | $265,283 |
| 105 | Steven Edward Hanna | Professor | $264,508 | $265,025 |
| 106 | Maryam Ghasemaghaei | Associate Professor / Area Chair / Canada Research Chair Tier II | $262,145 | $265,000 |
| 107 | David Earn | Professor | $263,865 | $264,382 |
| 108 | Hans Ulysses Boden | Professor | $263,578 | $264,116 |
| 109 | Josip Zic | Director, Health Physics / Sessional Faculty | $248,598 | $263,335 |
| 110 | Yufei Yuan | Professor | $262,322 | $262,322 |
| 111 | Michael Lee-Poy | Instructional Assistant / Regional Assistant Dean | $261,609 | $261,609 |
| 112 | Vladimir Mahalec | Professor | $261,153 | $261,153 |
| 113 | Emad Mohammad | Associate Professor | $260,076 | $260,594 |
| 114 | Kathy Charters | Associate Vice-President Research Administration | $250,057 | $260,412 |
| 115 | Richard C Austin | Professor | $257,063 | $259,918 |
| 116 | Mark David Inman | Professor | $258,641 | $259,158 |
| 117 | Marie Elliot | Department Chair / Professor | $258,225 | $258,742 |
| 118 | Peter Miu | Professor / Director | $257,673 | $258,191 |
| 119 | Nabil Bassim | Professor / Director | $256,547 | $257,064 |
| 120 | Khalid Nainar | Professor | $256,405 | $256,922 |
| 121 | Barrington Walker | Professor / Vice Provost (Equity and Inclusion) | $256,125 | $256,642 |
| 122 | Manel Jordana | Professor | $256,503 | $256,503 |
| 123 | Saeid Habibi | Endowed Chair / Professor | $255,280 | $255,797 |
| 124 | Ruth Chen | Associate Professor / Instructional Design and Education Research Coordinator / Research Assistant | $255,220 | $255,737 |
| 125 | Martin Horn | Professor / Associate Vice-President Research | $255,081 | $255,598 |
| 126 | Don Abelson | Director / Professor | $254,564 | $255,081 |
| 127 | William Michael Farmer | Professor / Department Chair | $254,413 | $254,887 |
| 128 | Michael Farquharson | Professor | $254,193 | $254,710 |
| 129 | Margaret Mckinnon | Professor | $254,044 | $254,561 |
| 130 | Andrea Farquhar | Chief Executive, Internal and External Engagement | $250,126 | $254,468 |
| 131 | Marilyn Lightstone | Professor | $253,681 | $254,198 |
| 132 | Wael El-Dakhakhni | Professor / Associate Chair | $253,645 | $254,163 |
| 133 | Juliet Daniel | Professor / Strategic Advisor | $253,532 | $254,049 |
| 134 | Brian Golding | Professor | $253,603 | $253,603 |
| 135 | Ray Robert Lapierre | Professor | $252,993 | $253,510 |
| 136 | Stuart Phillips | Professor / Department Chair / Director | $252,753 | $253,270 |
| 137 | Katherine Cuff | Professor / Dean | $252,426 | $252,944 |
| 138 | Narat Charupat | Professor | $252,151 | $252,668 |
| 139 | Kimberley Dej | Associate Professor / Vice-Provost (Faculty) | $251,750 | $252,267 |
| 140 | Leslie Martin | Associate Professor | $251,749 | $252,197 |
| 141 | Teal Mcateer | Associate Professor | $251,286 | $251,803 |
| 142 | Anna Moro | Associate Professor / Director | $250,797 | $251,315 |
| 143 | Mandeep S Malik | Associate Professor / Area Chair | $250,786 | $251,303 |
| 144 | Robert Whyte | Associate Professor | $250,536 | $251,054 |
| 145 | Sarah Anderson | Professor / Associate Dean | $250,491 | $251,008 |
| 146 | Philip Devereaux | Professor | $250,081 | $250,989 |
| 147 | James Gillett | Associate Professor / Director | $250,322 | $250,840 |
| 148 | Aaron Schat | Associate Professor / Associate Dean | $250,246 | $250,764 |
| 149 | Karen Kidd | Professor | $250,009 | $250,526 |
| 150 | Carlos Filipe | Professor / Associate Dean | $249,590 | $250,107 |
| 151 | Lori Burrows | Professor / Associate Director | $249,578 | $250,095 |
| 152 | Kai Huang | Professor / Area Chair | $249,478 | $249,995 |
| 153 | Yiqiang Jin | Professor / Director | $249,215 | $249,732 |
| 154 | Paul Mcnicholas | Professor | $249,058 | $249,576 |
| 155 | Timothy Davidson | Professor | $248,805 | $249,322 |
| 156 | Gillian Ruth Goward | Professor / Associate Dean | $248,590 | $249,108 |
| 157 | Jon Barrett | Professor | $248,589 | $249,106 |
| 158 | John Charles Weaver | Professor | $248,992 | $248,992 |
| 159 | Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan | Professor | $248,018 | $248,648 |
| 160 | Alexandra Lawson | Executive Director, Public Affairs / Special Advisor To The President, Institutional Initiatives | $233,831 | $248,508 |
| 161 | Kevin Veenstra | Associate Professor | $247,960 | $248,478 |
| 162 | Mel Rutherford | Professor / Department Chair | $247,572 | $248,089 |
| 163 | Sigal Balshine | Professor / Associate Chair | $247,150 | $247,667 |
| 164 | Manish Kacker | Associate Professor | $246,548 | $247,066 |
| 165 | Bruce Charles Wainman | Professor | $246,460 | $246,977 |
| 166 | Bradd Hart | Professor | $246,210 | $246,727 |
| 167 | Glen Randall | Professor / Director / Area Chair | $246,180 | $246,697 |
| 168 | Stephanie Atkinson | Professor | $246,602 | $246,602 |
| 169 | Robert Bruce Milliken | Professor | $246,027 | $246,545 |
| 170 | Alison Sills | Professor / Department Chair | $245,887 | $246,404 |
| 171 | Devashish Pujari | Professor | $245,219 | $245,736 |
| 172 | Gail Wolkowicz | Professor | $245,160 | $245,160 |
| 173 | Eu-Gene Ng | Associate Professor / Program Chair | $244,477 | $244,994 |
| 174 | Abdolmanaf Zargoush | Associate Professor / Associate Dean | $244,234 | $244,751 |
| 175 | Olufemi Ayeni | Professor | $243,839 | $244,357 |
| 176 | Stephen Clarence Veldhuis | Professor / Director | $243,751 | $244,268 |
| 177 | Mckenzie Wang | Professor | $244,137 | $244,137 |
| 178 | Lisa Schwartz | Professor | $243,214 | $243,731 |
| 179 | Gordon Guyatt | Professor | $243,695 | $243,695 |
| 180 | Yingfu Li | Professor | $243,126 | $243,643 |
| 181 | John Siam | Associate Professor / Director | $243,609 | $243,609 |
| 182 | Patricia Chow-Fraser | Professor / Director | $243,534 | $243,534 |
| 183 | Jan Huizinga | Professor | $243,462 | $243,462 |
| 184 | Elena Verdu-Bercik | Professor | $242,921 | $243,439 |
| 185 | Michael Thompson | Professor | $242,698 | $243,215 |
| 186 | Sudipto Sarkar | Professor | $242,579 | $243,096 |
| 187 | Judith West-Mays | Assistant Dean, Medical Science / Professor | $242,516 | $243,033 |
| 188 | Ana Regina Campos | Professor / Department Chair | $242,245 | $242,719 |
| 189 | Wolfram Kahl | Professor / Associate Chair | $242,201 | $242,718 |
| 190 | Carl Richards | Professor | $241,169 | $242,715 |
| 191 | Ruhai Wu | Associate Professor / Area Chair | $242,196 | $242,713 |
| 192 | Martin Gibala | Professor | $241,787 | $242,305 |
| 193 | Natalia Koleva Nikolova | Professor / Associate Chair | $241,593 | $242,110 |
| 194 | Alan Wassyng | Professor | $241,884 | $241,884 |
| 195 | Alex Adronov | Professor / Director | $241,315 | $241,842 |
| 196 | Gregory Pond | Professor | $240,980 | $241,497 |
| 197 | Nicholas Kevlahan | Professor | $240,952 | $241,469 |
| 198 | Andrea Beth Thyret-Kidd | University Secretary and Chief Governance and Privacy Officer | $231,166 | $241,463 |
| 199 | Shahram Shirani | Professor / Associate Chair / Department Chair | $240,853 | $241,370 |
| 200 | Shrikant Bangdiwala | Professor | $241,271 | $241,271 |
| 201 | Kari Dalnoki-Veress | Professor / Associate Chair | $240,618 | $241,145 |
| 202 | Blaise Bourdin | Professor / Director | $240,456 | $240,973 |
| 203 | Victor Satzewich | Professor | $240,366 | $240,883 |
| 204 | Lia Bronsard | Professor | $240,262 | $240,779 |
| 205 | An-Chang Shi | Professor | $239,567 | $240,084 |
| 206 | Rita Cossa | Associate Professor | $239,511 | $240,028 |
| 207 | Graeme Luke | Professor | $239,212 | $239,729 |
| 208 | Martin George Von Mohrenschildt | Associate Professor | $239,137 | $239,654 |
| 209 | Hatem Zurob | Professor / Department Chair | $239,123 | $239,640 |
| 210 | Clare Elizabeth Mitchell | Chief Of Staff | $219,688 | $239,265 |
| 211 | Young Ki Shin | Professor | $238,683 | $239,200 |
| 212 | Louis Schmidt | Professor | $238,613 | $239,130 |
| 213 | Angela Crowly | Chief Development Officer (Programs) | $223,224 | $239,039 |
| 214 | Mohamed Bakr | Professor / Department Chair | $238,476 | $238,993 |
| 215 | Heather Colwell | Associate Vice-President, Pan-University Faculty Advancement | $228,515 | $238,837 |
| 216 | Joanna Pierazzo | Associate Professor | $238,000 | $238,517 |
| 217 | Richard Paige | Professor / Department Chair | $237,876 | $238,393 |
| 218 | Marc-Andre Letendre | Associate Professor / Department Chair | $237,793 | $238,310 |
| 219 | Xun Li | Professor / Associate Chair | $237,539 | $238,056 |
| 220 | Mark Lawford | Professor | $237,335 | $237,852 |
| 221 | Ridha Khedri | Professor | $232,640 | $237,832 |
| 222 | J Michael Waddington | Professor | $237,210 | $237,727 |
| 223 | Luckson Zireva | Managing Director, Advancement Operations and Strategy | $222,075 | $237,717 |
| 224 | Thia Kirubarajan | Professor | $236,986 | $237,504 |
| 225 | Terence Flynn | Associate Professor | $236,904 | $237,421 |
| 226 | Ryszard Janicki | Professor | $237,246 | $237,246 |
| 227 | Paul Ayers | Professor | $236,544 | $237,061 |
| 228 | Miroslav Lovric | Professor | $236,195 | $236,777 |
| 229 | Baniyelme Zoogah | Professor / Area Chair | $236,247 | $236,764 |
| 230 | David Novog | Professor | $236,245 | $236,763 |
| 231 | Amiram Jacob Gafni | Professor | $236,615 | $236,615 |
| 232 | Natalie Harrower | Executive Director, Canadian Research Data Centre Network | $219,893 | $236,483 |
| 233 | Cameron Churchill | Assistant Professor / Program Chair / Director / Director, Experiential Learning | $235,924 | $236,441 |
| 234 | Megan B Brickley | Professor | $235,840 | $236,367 |
| 235 | Margaret Fahnestock | Professor | $236,354 | $236,354 |
| 236 | Zhou Xing | Professor | $235,644 | $236,161 |
| 237 | Giuseppe Melacini | Professor / Department Chair | $235,605 | $236,122 |
| 238 | Dan Centea | Professor | $235,566 | $236,040 |
| 239 | Igor Zhitomirsky | Professor | $235,823 | $235,823 |
| 240 | Joseph Mcdermid | Professor | $235,171 | $235,688 |
| 241 | Michael Tait | Professor / Associate Chair / Associate Chair | $235,011 | $235,528 |
| 242 | Ponnambalam Selvaganapathy | Professor / Director | $234,838 | $235,355 |
| 243 | Paula Gardner | Professor / Department Chair | $234,770 | $235,287 |
| 244 | Bartosz Protas | Professor / Department Chair | $234,748 | $235,265 |
| 245 | Antoine Deza | Professor / Canada Research Chair | $234,337 | $234,854 |
| 246 | Mukesh Jain | Professor | $234,260 | $234,778 |
| 247 | Muhammad Altaf Arain | Professor | $231,618 | $234,473 |
| 248 | Stacey Ritz | Assistant Dean, Bachelor of Health Sciences Honors Program / Associate Professor | $233,848 | $234,365 |
| 249 | Lehana Thabane | Professor | $233,842 | $234,359 |
| 250 | Gavin Andrews | Professor | $233,782 | $234,299 |