What was the largest increase in disclosed pay at McMaster University in 2020?
The largest increase in disclosed pay at McMaster University in 2020 was $169,808 to $270,139, up 59.1%; it went to Richard Whitlock. 704 people had an increase in disclosed pay between 2019 and 2020, with a median increase of 5.0%.
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Largest increase (by dollars)
$100,331Richard Whitlock · +59.1%
Had an increase
7042019 → 2020
Median increase
+5.0%among those who had one
On the list
1,4252020 Sunshine List
Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
McMaster University · 2019 → 2020
A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.
322 people were new to McMaster University's list in 2020; 273 who were on it in 2019 were not. See the full 2020 roster →
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Method. Figures are salary paid, the same basis the year pages use for their movers sections. A mover is excluded from the raises above when their 2019 record was their first year at McMaster University (a partial year, such as a September hire, that a full second year then dwarfs and misreads as an outsized raise), or when their 2020 record is their very last on the Sunshine List — a partial final year before leaving looks identical to a real change in pay until next year's data confirms it. This page does not list pay cuts: even the province-wide 2020 Sunshine List omits cuts for its own most recent year, since a partial final year before leaving looks identical to a real cut until next year’s data arrives — that same reasoning applies to every employer, in every year, so cuts are left off this page entirely rather than showing them in some years and not others. Counts under five people show “<5”. Data runs through 2025. The 2020 figures were published here on .