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
1996–2025
- Mcmaster University
- University of Western Ontario
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
| Year | Mcmaster University | University of Western Ontario | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 1,966 | $150,713 | 1,963 | $156,504 |
| 2024 | 1,818 | $152,728 | 1,874 | $155,463 |
| 2023 | 1,661 | $155,260 | 1,758 | $152,942 |
| 2022 | 1,536 | $157,175 | 1,589 | $152,235 |
| 2021 | 1,437 | $158,018 | 1,507 | $149,298 |
| 2020 | 1,425 | $155,833 | 1,415 | $147,746 |
| 2019 | 1,300 | $157,352 | 1,396 | $142,678 |
| 2018 | 1,256 | $156,524 | 1,375 | $140,293 |
| 2017 | 1,203 | $154,661 | 1,358 | $138,353 |
| 2016 | 1,150 | $152,509 | 1,338 | $137,233 |
| 2015 | 1,137 | $153,513 | 1,298 | $135,156 |
| 2014 | 1,063 | $144,863 | 1,247 | $132,913 |
| 2013 | 1,032 | $145,110 | 1,183 | $130,941 |
| 2012 | 1,015 | $141,776 | 1,101 | $131,019 |
| 2011 | 967 | $137,557 | 1,009 | $128,691 |
| 2010 | 928 | $134,053 | 953 | $126,263 |
| 2009 | 883 | $129,185 | 894 | $124,209 |
| 2008 | 793 | $124,758 | 792 | $123,054 |
| 2007 | 733 | $123,266 | 730 | $121,093 |
| 2006 | 625 | $120,186 | 531 | $115,874 |
| 2005 | 536 | $119,440 | 490 | $113,742 |
| 2004 | 437 | $115,753 | 427 | $112,423 |
| 2003 | 359 | $112,520 | 400 | $111,696 |
| 2002 | 297 | $109,367 | 258 | $110,020 |
| 2001 | 235 | $108,629 | 222 | $108,926 |
| 2000 | 213 | $106,992 | 268 | $109,235 |
| 1999 | 142 | $106,193 | 139 | $110,000 |
| 1998 | 93 | $109,190 | 152 | $111,888 |
| 1997 | 77 | $113,746 | 138 | $110,122 |
| 1996 | 72 | $110,159 | 137 | $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.