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Mcmaster University vs Toronto Metropolitan University: who pays more?

Mcmaster University had 1,966 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $150,713, Toronto Metropolitan University 2,039 with a median of $145,594 — Mcmaster University pays its listed staff 4% more at the median, and Toronto Metropolitan University lists 1× as many people.

On the list

Mcmaster University
1,966
Toronto Metropolitan University
2,039

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Mcmaster University
$150,713
Toronto Metropolitan University
$145,594

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Mcmaster University
$165,955
Toronto Metropolitan University
$163,459

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Mcmaster University
$330.4M
Toronto Metropolitan University
$335.3M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • Mcmaster University
  • Toronto Metropolitan University
Mcmaster University and Toronto Metropolitan University, 1996–2025Mcmaster University: $110,159 in 1996 to $150,713 in 2025. Toronto Metropolitan University: $111,128 in 1996 to $145,594 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K$200K1996200620152025

Median salary paid on each employer’s Sunshine List filing. A gap is a year the employer filed nobody under this name.

Year by year

Mcmaster University and Toronto Metropolitan University by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearMcmaster UniversityToronto Metropolitan University
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20251,966$150,7132,039$145,594
20241,818$152,7281,935$146,700
20231,661$155,2601,847$146,079
20221,536$157,1751,641$147,852
20211,437$158,0181,601$146,611
20201,425$155,8331,448$147,387
20191,300$157,3521,363$148,546
20181,256$156,5241,280$144,623
20171,203$154,6611,201$145,607
20161,150$152,5091,192$144,405
20151,137$153,5131,046$142,632
20141,063$144,8631,022$139,019
20131,032$145,110946$135,553
20121,015$141,776892$133,485
2011967$137,557790$128,075
2010928$134,053756$125,206
2009883$129,185704$123,186
2008793$124,758548$119,637
2007733$123,266489$118,593
2006625$120,186393$116,299
2005536$119,440324$114,150
2004437$115,753276$110,542
2003359$112,520263$111,826
2002297$109,36776$111,901
2001235$108,62980$112,433
2000213$106,99266$110,433
1999142$106,19371$106,238
199893$109,19030$106,492
199777$113,74629$105,637
199672$110,15917$111,128

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Method. Medians and averages are salary paid; listed payroll is total compensation (salary plus taxable benefits), as filed. Both sides come from the same Ontario Sunshine List, which covers only public-sector employees paid $100,000 or more — so this compares the shape of each employer’s six-figure payroll, not its whole workforce, and an employer with more low-paid staff simply lists fewer of them. A side with fewer than five people keeps its count but shows “<5” instead of a median, average or payroll figure, since any of those would be that handful of people’s own numbers. Sector: Universities. Data runs through 2025.