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.

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All McMaster University employees disclosed in 2025
#	Name	Title as filed	Salary	Total
1	Claudia EmersonProfessor	Professor	$498,075	$498,592
2	David FarrarProfessor	Professor	$483,140	$488,506
3	Susan TighePresident and Vice-Chancellor	President and Vice-Chancellor	$465,621	$476,373
4	Paul O'ByrneDean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) / Professor	Dean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) / Professor	$463,235	$472,802
5	Salim YusufProfessor	Professor	$451,950	$452,745
6	Mohit BhandariProfessor	Professor	$448,462	$448,979
7	Deborah MartinAssociate Vice-President, Real Estate, Partnerships and Ancillary Operations	Associate Vice-President, Real Estate, Partnerships and Ancillary Operations	$433,067	$443,321
8	Gregory SteinbergProfessor	Professor	$433,038	$433,555
9	Mick BhatiaProfessor	Professor	$430,325	$432,223
10	Khaled S HassaneinDean / Professor	Dean / Professor	$423,431	$423,949
11	Parminder RainaDirector / Professor	Director / Professor	$420,053	$420,570
12	Gerard WrightProfessor	Professor	$412,681	$413,198
13	Saher FazilatVice-President, Operations and Finance	Vice-President, Operations and Finance	$384,900	$411,698
14	James MackillopProfessor	Professor	$408,842	$409,359
15	John KeltonProfessor	Professor	$408,284	$408,284
16	Karen MossmanProfessor	Professor	$403,510	$403,769
17	Angelo MikrogianakisProfessor	Professor	$385,523	$386,040
18	Dina BrooksProfessor	Professor	$383,184	$383,701
19	Jeremiah Edward HurleyDean / Professor	Dean / Professor	$378,328	$378,846
20	Charu KaushicProfessor	Professor	$376,140	$376,657
21	Henry Armand GirouxProfessor	Professor	$375,167	$375,167
22	Sheila SinghProfessor	Professor	$372,005	$372,522
23	Lili LitwinVice-President University Advancement	Vice-President University Advancement	$344,485	$371,262
24	Margaret Andrea BaumannProfessor	Professor	$367,859	$367,859
25	Maureen J MacdonaldProvost and Vice-President (Academic)	Provost and Vice-President (Academic)	$353,194	$358,730
26	James PaulProfessor	Professor	$356,127	$356,644
27	Andrew KnightsProfessor / Associate Vice-President Research	Professor / Associate Vice-President Research	$345,545	$351,113
28	Ali EmadiProfessor	Professor	$349,058	$349,576
29	Heather SheardownProfessor / Dean	Professor / Dean	$348,467	$348,984
30	Gary Andrew ChaimowitzProfessor	Professor	$340,553	$341,028
31	Ronald BalversProfessor / Endowed Chair / Area Chair	Professor / Endowed Chair / Area Chair	$339,207	$339,724
32	Chelsea GabelProfessor	Professor	$338,881	$339,398
33	Milena HeadProfessor / Director / Endowed Chair	Professor / Director / Endowed Chair	$335,657	$336,174
34	Omer AhmedAssociate Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer	Associate Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer	$308,685	$335,468
35	Sean Van KoughnettAssociate Vice-President Student and Dean of Students	Associate Vice-President Student and Dean of Students	$308,685	$335,468
36	Sonia AnandAssociate Vice-President / Professor	Associate Vice-President / Professor	$327,338	$327,855
37	Gianni PariseVice-President Research / Dean	Vice-President Research / Dean	$319,312	$324,848
38	Ehab KamarahAssociate Vice-President and Chief Facilities Officer	Associate Vice-President and Chief Facilities Officer	$297,252	$324,055
39	Brian CoombesProfessor	Professor	$322,480	$322,997
40	Jonathan BramsonProfessor	Professor	$321,998	$322,531
41	Jeffrey RacineProfessor	Professor	$321,850	$322,367
42	John MaheuProfessor / Distinguished Research Professor	Professor / Distinguished Research Professor	$320,396	$320,913
43	Mahmut ParlarProfessor / Distinguished Research Professor	Professor / Distinguished Research Professor	$320,158	$320,158
44	Peter MascherProfessor	Professor	$319,597	$320,071
45	Wanda MckennaAssociate Vice-President and Chief Human Resources Office	Associate Vice-President and Chief Human Resources Office	$308,685	$319,223
46	Gayleen GrayAssociate Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer	Associate Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer	$292,013	$318,746
47	Eric BrownProfessor	Professor	$315,293	$315,810
48	Alfonso IorioProfessor	Professor	$313,218	$313,735
49	Michael SuretteProfessor	Professor	$311,390	$311,908
50	Pamela E SwettProfessor / Dean	Professor / Dean	$308,020	$308,537
51	Sandra CarrollProfessor	Professor	$307,706	$308,224
52	Brent DavisUniversity Counsel	University Counsel	$297,252	$307,758
53	Deborah CookProfessor	Professor	$306,927	$307,444
54	Rick HackettProfessor	Professor	$303,737	$304,211
55	James DunnProfessor / Associate Dean / Director	Professor / Associate Dean / Director	$303,154	$303,671
56	Hendrik PoinarProfessor	Professor	$302,730	$303,247
57	Varun ChaudharyProfessor	Professor	$301,372	$301,889
58	John Stewart PrestonProfessor / Strategic Advisor / Associate Vice-President	Professor / Strategic Advisor / Associate Vice-President	$298,368	$299,055
59	Bonny IbhawohProfessor / Vice-Provost (International Affairs)	Professor / Vice-Provost (International Affairs)	$296,965	$297,482
60	Janok BhattacharyaProfessor / Director	Professor / Director	$296,372	$296,890
61	Matthew SibbaldAssociate Professor / Instructional Assistant	Associate Professor / Instructional Assistant	$295,147	$295,664
62	Susan MccrackenProfessor / Area Chair	Professor / Area Chair	$294,124	$294,641
63	Cameron CurrieProfessor	Professor	$288,896	$294,089
64	Anna DanielovaAssociate Professor	Associate Professor	$291,127	$291,644
65	Ekaterina MalinovaAssociate Professor / Chair / Director	Associate Professor / Chair / Director	$290,380	$290,897
66	Daniel CordovaniAssociate Professor	Associate Professor	$287,223	$287,740
67	Marvin George RyderAssociate Professor / Area Chair	Associate Professor / Area Chair	$286,942	$287,459
68	Benson HonigProfessor / Director / Distinguished Research Professor	Professor / Director / Distinguished Research Professor	$287,008	$287,008
69	Laurel TrainorProfessor / Director	Professor / Director	$285,430	$285,904
70	Patrick BennettProfessor	Professor	$283,582	$284,099
71	Donald ArnoldProfessor	Professor	$283,494	$284,011
72	Melissa C PoolAssociate Vice-President Academic Planning and Finance	Associate Vice-President Academic Planning and Finance	$257,238	$283,862
73	Bruce D GaulinProfessor	Professor	$282,962	$283,649
74	Jamal DeenProfessor	Professor	$283,571	$283,571
75	Ashley DowneyAssociate Vice-President, Pan-University Faculty Advancement	Associate Vice-President, Pan-University Faculty Advancement	$255,916	$282,536
76	Steve HranilovicProfessor / Vice-Provost and Dean Of Graduate Studies	Professor / Vice-Provost and Dean Of Graduate Studies	$281,540	$282,057
77	Catherine ConnellyProfessor / Director / Distinguished Research Professor	Professor / Director / Distinguished Research Professor	$281,363	$281,881
78	Lennox Arthur SweetmanProfessor	Professor	$280,680	$281,197
79	Rafael KleimanCanada Research Chair / Professor / Department Chair	Canada Research Chair / Professor / Department Chair	$280,242	$280,759
80	Vivian LewisUniversity Librarian	University Librarian	$267,043	$277,452
81	Erin ReidCanada Research Chair Tier II / Professor	Canada Research Chair Tier II / Professor	$274,102	$276,957
82	Susan GirouxProfessor	Professor	$275,210	$275,727
83	John D BrennanProfessor / Canada Research Chair / Director	Professor / Canada Research Chair / Director	$274,156	$274,673
84	K Bruce NewboldProfessor / Associate Dean / Dean	Professor / Associate Dean / Dean	$274,154	$274,671
85	Richard WhitlockProfessor	Professor	$273,370	$273,888
86	Elkafi HassiniProfessor / Associate Dean	Professor / Associate Dean	$273,360	$273,877
87	Lorraine YorkProfessor	Professor	$273,144	$273,831
88	Yair BersonProfessor / Distinguished Research Professor	Professor / Distinguished Research Professor	$272,641	$273,158
89	Michael Robert VeallProfessor / Director	Professor / Director	$272,527	$272,527
90	Nick BontisAssociate Professor / Area Chair	Associate Professor / Area Chair	$271,743	$272,261
91	Sukhvinder ObhiProfessor / Associate Vice-President	Professor / Associate Vice-President	$269,322	$272,177
92	Manish VermaAssociate Professor / Associate Dean / Director	Associate Professor / Associate Dean / Director	$271,652	$272,169
93	Thomas DoyleAssociate Professor	Associate Professor	$271,636	$272,153
94	Mark CrowtherProfessor	Professor	$271,510	$272,027
95	Eric SawyerProfessor	Professor	$270,545	$270,545
96	Steven MooreTreasurer And Chief Investment Officer	Treasurer And Chief Investment Officer	$253,886	$270,476
97	Karin NeufeldProfessor	Professor	$269,368	$269,885
98	John LavisProfessor	Professor	$267,891	$268,409
99	Laura Elizabeth HarringtonAssociate Vice-President and Chief Administrative Officer, Faculty of Health Sciences	Associate Vice-President and Chief Administrative Officer, Faculty of Health Sciences	$256,580	$266,929
100	Trevor William ChamberlainProfessor	Professor	$266,758	$266,758
101	Niko HildebrandtProfessor	Professor	$266,075	$266,592
102	Matheus Da Rocha GrasselliDeputy Provost / Professor	Deputy Provost / Professor	$265,178	$265,696
103	Matthew S MillerProfessor	Professor	$260,502	$265,695
104	Jason Walter BusseProfessor	Professor	$264,766	$265,283
105	Steven Edward HannaProfessor	Professor	$264,508	$265,025
106	Maryam GhasemaghaeiAssociate Professor / Area Chair / Canada Research Chair Tier II	Associate Professor / Area Chair / Canada Research Chair Tier II	$262,145	$265,000
107	David EarnProfessor	Professor	$263,865	$264,382
108	Hans Ulysses BodenProfessor	Professor	$263,578	$264,116
109	Josip ZicDirector, Health Physics / Sessional Faculty	Director, Health Physics / Sessional Faculty	$248,598	$263,335
110	Yufei YuanProfessor	Professor	$262,322	$262,322
111	Michael Lee-PoyInstructional Assistant / Regional Assistant Dean	Instructional Assistant / Regional Assistant Dean	$261,609	$261,609
112	Vladimir MahalecProfessor	Professor	$261,153	$261,153
113	Emad MohammadAssociate Professor	Associate Professor	$260,076	$260,594
114	Kathy ChartersAssociate Vice-President Research Administration	Associate Vice-President Research Administration	$250,057	$260,412
115	Richard C AustinProfessor	Professor	$257,063	$259,918
116	Mark David InmanProfessor	Professor	$258,641	$259,158
117	Marie ElliotDepartment Chair / Professor	Department Chair / Professor	$258,225	$258,742
118	Peter MiuProfessor / Director	Professor / Director	$257,673	$258,191
119	Nabil BassimProfessor / Director	Professor / Director	$256,547	$257,064
120	Khalid NainarProfessor	Professor	$256,405	$256,922
121	Barrington WalkerProfessor / Vice Provost (Equity and Inclusion)	Professor / Vice Provost (Equity and Inclusion)	$256,125	$256,642
122	Manel JordanaProfessor	Professor	$256,503	$256,503
123	Saeid HabibiEndowed Chair / Professor	Endowed Chair / Professor	$255,280	$255,797
124	Ruth ChenAssociate Professor / Instructional Design and Education Research Coordinator / Research Assistant	Associate Professor / Instructional Design and Education Research Coordinator / Research Assistant	$255,220	$255,737
125	Martin HornProfessor / Associate Vice-President Research	Professor / Associate Vice-President Research	$255,081	$255,598
126	Don AbelsonDirector / Professor	Director / Professor	$254,564	$255,081
127	William Michael FarmerProfessor / Department Chair	Professor / Department Chair	$254,413	$254,887
128	Michael FarquharsonProfessor	Professor	$254,193	$254,710
129	Margaret MckinnonProfessor	Professor	$254,044	$254,561
130	Andrea FarquharChief Executive, Internal and External Engagement	Chief Executive, Internal and External Engagement	$250,126	$254,468
131	Marilyn LightstoneProfessor	Professor	$253,681	$254,198
132	Wael El-DakhakhniProfessor / Associate Chair	Professor / Associate Chair	$253,645	$254,163
133	Juliet DanielProfessor / Strategic Advisor	Professor / Strategic Advisor	$253,532	$254,049
134	Brian GoldingProfessor	Professor	$253,603	$253,603
135	Ray Robert LapierreProfessor	Professor	$252,993	$253,510
136	Stuart PhillipsProfessor / Department Chair / Director	Professor / Department Chair / Director	$252,753	$253,270
137	Katherine CuffProfessor / Dean	Professor / Dean	$252,426	$252,944
138	Narat CharupatProfessor	Professor	$252,151	$252,668
139	Kimberley DejAssociate Professor / Vice-Provost (Faculty)	Associate Professor / Vice-Provost (Faculty)	$251,750	$252,267
140	Leslie MartinAssociate Professor	Associate Professor	$251,749	$252,197
141	Teal McateerAssociate Professor	Associate Professor	$251,286	$251,803
142	Anna MoroAssociate Professor / Director	Associate Professor / Director	$250,797	$251,315
143	Mandeep S MalikAssociate Professor / Area Chair	Associate Professor / Area Chair	$250,786	$251,303
144	Robert WhyteAssociate Professor	Associate Professor	$250,536	$251,054
145	Sarah AndersonProfessor / Associate Dean	Professor / Associate Dean	$250,491	$251,008
146	Philip DevereauxProfessor	Professor	$250,081	$250,989
147	James GillettAssociate Professor / Director	Associate Professor / Director	$250,322	$250,840
148	Aaron SchatAssociate Professor / Associate Dean	Associate Professor / Associate Dean	$250,246	$250,764
149	Karen KiddProfessor	Professor	$250,009	$250,526
150	Carlos FilipeProfessor / Associate Dean	Professor / Associate Dean	$249,590	$250,107
151	Lori BurrowsProfessor / Associate Director	Professor / Associate Director	$249,578	$250,095
152	Kai HuangProfessor / Area Chair	Professor / Area Chair	$249,478	$249,995
153	Yiqiang JinProfessor / Director	Professor / Director	$249,215	$249,732
154	Paul McnicholasProfessor	Professor	$249,058	$249,576
155	Timothy DavidsonProfessor	Professor	$248,805	$249,322
156	Gillian Ruth GowardProfessor / Associate Dean	Professor / Associate Dean	$248,590	$249,108
157	Jon BarrettProfessor	Professor	$248,589	$249,106
158	John Charles WeaverProfessor	Professor	$248,992	$248,992
159	Narayanaswamy BalakrishnanProfessor	Professor	$248,018	$248,648
160	Alexandra LawsonExecutive Director, Public Affairs / Special Advisor To The President, Institutional Initiatives	Executive Director, Public Affairs / Special Advisor To The President, Institutional Initiatives	$233,831	$248,508
161	Kevin VeenstraAssociate Professor	Associate Professor	$247,960	$248,478
162	Mel RutherfordProfessor / Department Chair	Professor / Department Chair	$247,572	$248,089
163	Sigal BalshineProfessor / Associate Chair	Professor / Associate Chair	$247,150	$247,667
164	Manish KackerAssociate Professor	Associate Professor	$246,548	$247,066
165	Bruce Charles WainmanProfessor	Professor	$246,460	$246,977
166	Bradd HartProfessor	Professor	$246,210	$246,727
167	Glen RandallProfessor / Director / Area Chair	Professor / Director / Area Chair	$246,180	$246,697
168	Stephanie AtkinsonProfessor	Professor	$246,602	$246,602
169	Robert Bruce MillikenProfessor	Professor	$246,027	$246,545
170	Alison SillsProfessor / Department Chair	Professor / Department Chair	$245,887	$246,404
171	Devashish PujariProfessor	Professor	$245,219	$245,736
172	Gail WolkowiczProfessor	Professor	$245,160	$245,160
173	Eu-Gene NgAssociate Professor / Program Chair	Associate Professor / Program Chair	$244,477	$244,994
174	Abdolmanaf ZargoushAssociate Professor / Associate Dean	Associate Professor / Associate Dean	$244,234	$244,751
175	Olufemi AyeniProfessor	Professor	$243,839	$244,357
176	Stephen Clarence VeldhuisProfessor / Director	Professor / Director	$243,751	$244,268
177	Mckenzie WangProfessor	Professor	$244,137	$244,137
178	Lisa SchwartzProfessor	Professor	$243,214	$243,731
179	Gordon GuyattProfessor	Professor	$243,695	$243,695
180	Yingfu LiProfessor	Professor	$243,126	$243,643
181	John SiamAssociate Professor / Director	Associate Professor / Director	$243,609	$243,609
182	Patricia Chow-FraserProfessor / Director	Professor / Director	$243,534	$243,534
183	Jan HuizingaProfessor	Professor	$243,462	$243,462
184	Elena Verdu-BercikProfessor	Professor	$242,921	$243,439
185	Michael ThompsonProfessor	Professor	$242,698	$243,215
186	Sudipto SarkarProfessor	Professor	$242,579	$243,096
187	Judith West-MaysAssistant Dean, Medical Science / Professor	Assistant Dean, Medical Science / Professor	$242,516	$243,033
188	Ana Regina CamposProfessor / Department Chair	Professor / Department Chair	$242,245	$242,719
189	Wolfram KahlProfessor / Associate Chair	Professor / Associate Chair	$242,201	$242,718
190	Carl RichardsProfessor	Professor	$241,169	$242,715
191	Ruhai WuAssociate Professor / Area Chair	Associate Professor / Area Chair	$242,196	$242,713
192	Martin GibalaProfessor	Professor	$241,787	$242,305
193	Natalia Koleva NikolovaProfessor / Associate Chair	Professor / Associate Chair	$241,593	$242,110
194	Alan WassyngProfessor	Professor	$241,884	$241,884
195	Alex AdronovProfessor / Director	Professor / Director	$241,315	$241,842
196	Gregory PondProfessor	Professor	$240,980	$241,497
197	Nicholas KevlahanProfessor	Professor	$240,952	$241,469
198	Andrea Beth Thyret-KiddUniversity Secretary and Chief Governance and Privacy Officer	University Secretary and Chief Governance and Privacy Officer	$231,166	$241,463
199	Shahram ShiraniProfessor / Associate Chair / Department Chair	Professor / Associate Chair / Department Chair	$240,853	$241,370
200	Shrikant BangdiwalaProfessor	Professor	$241,271	$241,271
201	Kari Dalnoki-VeressProfessor / Associate Chair	Professor / Associate Chair	$240,618	$241,145
202	Blaise BourdinProfessor / Director	Professor / Director	$240,456	$240,973
203	Victor SatzewichProfessor	Professor	$240,366	$240,883
204	Lia BronsardProfessor	Professor	$240,262	$240,779
205	An-Chang ShiProfessor	Professor	$239,567	$240,084
206	Rita CossaAssociate Professor	Associate Professor	$239,511	$240,028
207	Graeme LukeProfessor	Professor	$239,212	$239,729
208	Martin George Von MohrenschildtAssociate Professor	Associate Professor	$239,137	$239,654
209	Hatem ZurobProfessor / Department Chair	Professor / Department Chair	$239,123	$239,640
210	Clare Elizabeth MitchellChief Of Staff	Chief Of Staff	$219,688	$239,265
211	Young Ki ShinProfessor	Professor	$238,683	$239,200
212	Louis SchmidtProfessor	Professor	$238,613	$239,130
213	Angela CrowlyChief Development Officer (Programs)	Chief Development Officer (Programs)	$223,224	$239,039
214	Mohamed BakrProfessor / Department Chair	Professor / Department Chair	$238,476	$238,993
215	Heather ColwellAssociate Vice-President, Pan-University Faculty Advancement	Associate Vice-President, Pan-University Faculty Advancement	$228,515	$238,837
216	Joanna PierazzoAssociate Professor	Associate Professor	$238,000	$238,517
217	Richard PaigeProfessor / Department Chair	Professor / Department Chair	$237,876	$238,393
218	Marc-Andre LetendreAssociate Professor / Department Chair	Associate Professor / Department Chair	$237,793	$238,310
219	Xun LiProfessor / Associate Chair	Professor / Associate Chair	$237,539	$238,056
220	Mark LawfordProfessor	Professor	$237,335	$237,852
221	Ridha KhedriProfessor	Professor	$232,640	$237,832
222	J Michael WaddingtonProfessor	Professor	$237,210	$237,727
223	Luckson ZirevaManaging Director, Advancement Operations and Strategy	Managing Director, Advancement Operations and Strategy	$222,075	$237,717
224	Thia KirubarajanProfessor	Professor	$236,986	$237,504
225	Terence FlynnAssociate Professor	Associate Professor	$236,904	$237,421
226	Ryszard JanickiProfessor	Professor	$237,246	$237,246
227	Paul AyersProfessor	Professor	$236,544	$237,061
228	Miroslav LovricProfessor	Professor	$236,195	$236,777
229	Baniyelme ZoogahProfessor / Area Chair	Professor / Area Chair	$236,247	$236,764
230	David NovogProfessor	Professor	$236,245	$236,763
231	Amiram Jacob GafniProfessor	Professor	$236,615	$236,615
232	Natalie HarrowerExecutive Director, Canadian Research Data Centre Network	Executive Director, Canadian Research Data Centre Network	$219,893	$236,483
233	Cameron ChurchillAssistant Professor / Program Chair / Director / Director, Experiential Learning	Assistant Professor / Program Chair / Director / Director, Experiential Learning	$235,924	$236,441
234	Megan B BrickleyProfessor	Professor	$235,840	$236,367
235	Margaret FahnestockProfessor	Professor	$236,354	$236,354
236	Zhou XingProfessor	Professor	$235,644	$236,161
237	Giuseppe MelaciniProfessor / Department Chair	Professor / Department Chair	$235,605	$236,122
238	Dan CenteaProfessor	Professor	$235,566	$236,040
239	Igor ZhitomirskyProfessor	Professor	$235,823	$235,823
240	Joseph McdermidProfessor	Professor	$235,171	$235,688
241	Michael TaitProfessor / Associate Chair / Associate Chair	Professor / Associate Chair / Associate Chair	$235,011	$235,528
242	Ponnambalam SelvaganapathyProfessor / Director	Professor / Director	$234,838	$235,355
243	Paula GardnerProfessor / Department Chair	Professor / Department Chair	$234,770	$235,287
244	Bartosz ProtasProfessor / Department Chair	Professor / Department Chair	$234,748	$235,265
245	Antoine DezaProfessor / Canada Research Chair	Professor / Canada Research Chair	$234,337	$234,854
246	Mukesh JainProfessor	Professor	$234,260	$234,778
247	Muhammad Altaf ArainProfessor	Professor	$231,618	$234,473
248	Stacey RitzAssistant Dean, Bachelor of Health Sciences Honors Program / Associate Professor	Assistant Dean, Bachelor of Health Sciences Honors Program / Associate Professor	$233,848	$234,365
249	Lehana ThabaneProfessor	Professor	$233,842	$234,359
250	Gavin AndrewsProfessor	Professor	$233,782	$234,299

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