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Mcmaster University vs University of Western Ontario: who pays more?

In 2025 Mcmaster University listed 1,966 employees with a median of $150,713; University of Western Ontario listed 1,963 with a median of $156,504 — University of Western Ontario pays its listed staff 4% more at the median, and Mcmaster University lists 1× as many people.

On the list

Mcmaster University
1,966
University of Western Ontario
1,963

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Mcmaster University
$150,713
University of Western Ontario
$156,504

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Mcmaster University
$165,955
University of Western Ontario
$166,269

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Mcmaster University
$330.4M
University of Western Ontario
$327.3M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • Mcmaster University
  • University of Western Ontario
Mcmaster University and University of Western Ontario, 1996–2025Mcmaster University: $110,159 in 1996 to $150,713 in 2025. University of Western Ontario: $112,645 in 1996 to $156,504 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 University of Western Ontario by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearMcmaster UniversityUniversity of Western Ontario
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20251,966$150,7131,963$156,504
20241,818$152,7281,874$155,463
20231,661$155,2601,758$152,942
20221,536$157,1751,589$152,235
20211,437$158,0181,507$149,298
20201,425$155,8331,415$147,746
20191,300$157,3521,396$142,678
20181,256$156,5241,375$140,293
20171,203$154,6611,358$138,353
20161,150$152,5091,338$137,233
20151,137$153,5131,298$135,156
20141,063$144,8631,247$132,913
20131,032$145,1101,183$130,941
20121,015$141,7761,101$131,019
2011967$137,5571,009$128,691
2010928$134,053953$126,263
2009883$129,185894$124,209
2008793$124,758792$123,054
2007733$123,266730$121,093
2006625$120,186531$115,874
2005536$119,440490$113,742
2004437$115,753427$112,423
2003359$112,520400$111,696
2002297$109,367258$110,020
2001235$108,629222$108,926
2000213$106,992268$109,235
1999142$106,193139$110,000
199893$109,190152$111,888
199777$113,746138$110,122
199672$110,159137$112,645

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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.