Universities
McMaster University salaries, 2020
1,425 people paid $100,000 or more in 2020, as disclosed by Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.
People in 2020
1,425
+9.6% vs 2019
Median salary
$155,833
−1.0% vs 2019
Highest salary
$482,275
Total disclosed
$233M
Everyone on the 2020 list
Top 200 of 1,425
| # | Name | Salary | Benefits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salim YusufProfessor | $482,275 | $1,270 | +$12,907 |
| 2 | Paul O'ByrneDean and Vice-President, Health Sciences / Professor | $450,666 | $10,173 | +$1,000 |
| 3 | Leonard WavermanProfessor / Dean | $428,552 | $0 | +$11,308 |
| 4 | David FarrarPresident and Vice-Chancellor | $389,667 | $10,373 | +$40,762 |
| 5 | Angelo MikrogianakisProfessor | $382,687 | $232 | −$5,000 |
| 6 | Mick BhatiaProfessor | $378,047 | $348 | +$9,884 |
| 7 | Akbar PanjuProfessor | $377,936 | $0 | +$2,345 |
| 8 | Gerard WrightProfessor | $377,462 | $348 | +$10,142 |
| 9 | Ishwar PuriProfessor / Dean | $371,193 | $348 | +$10,744 |
| 10 | Susan DenburgProfessor | $361,117 | $0 | +$19,051 |
| 11 | David S WilkinsonProfessor / Director | $355,327 | $0 | +$11,550 |
| 12 | Gregory SteinbergProfessor | $354,325 | $348 | +$47,513 |
| 13 | Nicholas LeylandProfessor / Department Chair | $348,157 | $232 | +$1,814 |
| 14 | John KeltonProfessor | $347,005 | $9,567 | −$8,950 |
| 15 | William OrovanProfessor | $340,798 | $0 | +$6,101 |
| 16 | Ronald BalversProfessor / Endowed Chair | $340,682 | $348 | +$45,750 |
| 17 | Nicholas KatesProfessor | $335,574 | $232 | +$17,462 |
| 18 | Henry A GirouxProfessor | $330,099 | $0 | +$8,121 |
| 19 | Holger SchunemannProfessor | $324,709 | $232 | +$16,743 |
| 20 | Margaret A BaumannProfessor | $317,817 | $0 | +$8,737 |
| 21 | Robert WhyteAssociate Professor | $316,837 | $232 | +$77,657 |
| 22 | Deborah CookProfessor | $316,041 | $232 | −$3,150 |
| 23 | John MaheuProfessor / Endowed Chair | $315,981 | $348 | +$9,940 |
| 24 | Roger CouldreyVice-President Administration | $315,066 | $24,190 | +$13,616 |
| 25 | Charu KaushicProfessor | $314,712 | $348 | +$6,328 |
| 26 | Gary A ChaimowitzProfessor | $313,944 | $232 | +$3,793 |
| 27 | Hertzel C GersteinProfessor | $312,662 | $232 | −$10,392 |
| 28 | Susan ReidProfessor | $312,147 | $232 | −$3,154 |
| 29 | Karen MossmanVice-President Research | $307,231 | $10,121 | +$45,557 |
| 30 | Susan GirouxProfessor / Provost and Vice-President (Academic) | $306,026 | $5,164 | +$40,158 |
| 31 | Rick HackettProfessor / Canada Research Chair | $305,403 | $348 | +$43,698 |
| 32 | Mary WilliamsVice-President University Advancement | $305,269 | $10,560 | +$42,090 |
| 33 | Paul MoayyediProfessor | $303,142 | $232 | −$24,115 |
| 34 | Parminder RainaProfessor / Director | $297,202 | $348 | +$6,043 |
| 35 | Milena HeadProfessor / Endowed Chair | $297,159 | $348 | +$28,845 |
| 36 | Mohamed A ElbestawiProfessor / Director | $296,503 | $0 | +$7,748 |
| 37 | David PriceProfessor | $295,486 | $232 | $0 |
| 38 | Jeremiah E HurleyProfessor / Dean | $294,823 | $348 | +$9,539 |
| 39 | Ali EmadiProfessor | $294,122 | $348 | +$9,449 |
| 40 | Mohit BhandariProfessor | $293,662 | $232 | −$4,149 |
| 41 | Trevor W ChamberlainProfessor / Area Chair | $290,554 | $100 | +$4,973 |
| 42 | Jiaping QiuProfessor / Endowed Chair | $288,947 | $2,675 | +$5,296 |
| 43 | Flavio KapczinskiProfessor | $287,367 | $232 | +$3,963 |
| 44 | Claudia EmersonAssociate Professor | $284,989 | $348 | +$6,665 |
| 45 | Peter MascherProfessor / Vice-Provost (International Affairs) | $284,747 | $398 | +$8,946 |
| 46 | Robert BakerProfessor | $281,349 | $348 | −$11,694 |
| 47 | Lori WhiteheadProfessor | $279,248 | $232 | +$14,015 |
| 48 | John LavisProfessor | $279,129 | $348 | +$4,033 |
| 49 | Jeffrey RacineProfessor | $278,752 | $348 | +$7,369 |
| 50 | Mark CrowtherProfessor | $277,088 | $232 | −$6,645 |
| 51 | Khaled S HassaneinProfessor / Director / Associate Dean | $276,797 | $348 | +$32,436 |
| 52 | Ryan Van LieshoutAssociate Professor | $275,972 | $232 | +$8,961 |
| 53 | Eric BrownProfessor | $273,686 | $348 | +$9,530 |
| 54 | Richard WhitlockProfessor | $270,139 | $232 | +$100,331 |
| 55 | Susan MccrackenProfessor / Associate Dean | $269,879 | $348 | +$22,144 |
| 56 | Khalid NainarProfessor / Area Chair / Director | $269,732 | $448 | +$5,348 |
| 57 | Mahmut ParlarProfessor | $268,965 | $348 | −$4,018 |
| 58 | Deidre HenneAssistant Vice-President Administration and Chief Financial Officer | $268,129 | $24,099 | +$21,587 |
| 59 | Maureen J MacdonaldProfessor / Dean | $267,989 | $348 | −$24,212 |
| 60 | Emad MohammadAssociate Professor / Director | $266,950 | $348 | −$19,219 |
| 61 | Mukul SharmaAssociate Professor | $265,843 | $232 | +$34,559 |
| 62 | Michael SuretteProfessor | $265,703 | $348 | +$7,972 |
| 63 | Dean MountainProfessor | $263,433 | $348 | +$51,564 |
| 64 | Stephen M CollinsProfessor | $262,919 | $0 | −$58,795 |
| 65 | Anna DanielovaAssociate Professor / Associate Dean | $260,460 | $348 | +$7,441 |
| 66 | James MackillopProfessor | $259,810 | $2,675 | −$3,953 |
| 67 | Jonathan BramsonProfessor | $259,325 | $348 | +$8,190 |
| 68 | Douglas L WelchProfessor / Vice-Provost and Dean Of Graduate Studies | $258,251 | $398 | +$8,920 |
| 69 | Kenneth DealProfessor | $257,660 | $0 | +$46,458 |
| 70 | Jamal DeenProfessor | $253,392 | $348 | +$7,792 |
| 71 | Deborah MartinAssistant Vice-President and Chief Facilities Officer | $253,130 | $10,397 | +$22,424 |
| 72 | John D BrennanProfessor / Canada Research Chair | $251,603 | $348 | +$5,262 |
| 73 | Wanda MckennaChief Human Resources Officer | $251,213 | $10,450 | +$25,435 |
| 74 | Sean Van KoughnettAssistant Vice-President, Students and Learning / Dean of Students | $251,213 | $24,115 | +$25,435 |
| 75 | Gayleen GrayAssistant Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer | $248,850 | $24,110 | +$26,687 |
| 76 | Ekaterina MalinovaAssociate Professor / Chair | $248,390 | $348 | +$6,100 |
| 77 | Benson HonigProfessor / Endowed Chair | $248,190 | $348 | +$13,775 |
| 78 | Ken CruikshankProfessor | $247,788 | $348 | +$6,172 |
| 79 | Martin KolbProfessor | $247,605 | $232 | −$6,276 |
| 80 | James DunnProfessor / Department Chair / Director | $246,802 | $348 | −$3,191 |
| 81 | Sandra CarrollAssociate Professor | $246,108 | $348 | +$7,996 |
| 82 | Patrick BennettProfessor | $245,956 | $348 | +$6,358 |
| 83 | Philip DevereauxProfessor | $244,581 | $232 | −$39,599 |
| 84 | Eu-Gene NgAssociate Professor / Program Chair | $244,140 | $348 | +$23,110 |
| 85 | Gianluigi BottonProfessor / Canada Research Chair | $243,589 | $348 | +$15,011 |
| 86 | Anne WongProfessor / Assistant Dean | $242,683 | $232 | −$3,649 |
| 87 | Dina BrooksProfessor | $241,783 | $348 | +$6,661 |
| 88 | Ian HambletonProfessor | $240,100 | $0 | −$18,557 |
| 89 | Laurel TrainorProfessor / Director | $240,075 | $348 | +$18,393 |
| 90 | J Michael WaddingtonProfessor | $239,646 | $348 | +$6,403 |
| 91 | Gordon GuyattProfessor | $238,895 | $462 | −$2,700 |
| 92 | Pamela E SwettProfessor / Dean | $238,415 | $348 | +$22,882 |
| 93 | John S PrestonProfessor / Associate Dean | $238,332 | $462 | +$7,882 |
| 94 | Eric SawyerProfessor | $237,311 | $318 | +$5,435 |
| 95 | Janok BhattacharyaProfessor | $235,728 | $348 | +$4,994 |
| 96 | Brian CoombesProfessor / Assistant Dean | $235,514 | $348 | +$7,914 |
| 97 | Adeel MahmoodLecturer | $234,721 | $247 | +$66,357 |
| 98 | Clarence C Y KwanProfessor | $234,523 | $0 | +$6,455 |
| 99 | Lorraine YorkProfessor | $234,204 | $462 | +$6,714 |
| 100 | Suzanne CrostaProfessor | $233,506 | $462 | +$6,704 |
| 101 | Andrea FarquharAssistant Vice-President, Public and Government Relations | $233,199 | $10,418 | +$13,811 |
| 102 | Nick BontisAssociate Professor / Area Chair | $232,860 | $348 | +$6,666 |
| 103 | Marvin G RyderAssociate Professor | $232,811 | $448 | −$2,240 |
| 104 | John LuxatProfessor | $232,727 | $0 | +$5,634 |
| 105 | Manish VermaAssociate Professor / Area Chair | $232,569 | $2,675 | +$30,938 |
| 106 | Vladimir MahalecProfessor / Associate Director | $232,144 | $0 | +$6,581 |
| 107 | Ram MishraProfessor / Director | $231,562 | $0 | +$5,830 |
| 108 | Karen SapersonProfessor | $230,844 | $232 | −$29,668 |
| 109 | Adam P HitchcockProfessor / Canada Research Chair | $230,790 | $422 | +$17,210 |
| 110 | Harriet L MacmillanProfessor | $230,646 | $262 | −$11,052 |
| 111 | Lennox A SweetmanProfessor | $230,244 | $348 | +$6,922 |
| 112 | Michael FarquharsonProfessor / Associate Dean | $230,069 | $348 | +$7,553 |
| 113 | Warren FosterProfessor | $229,358 | $348 | +$23,742 |
| 114 | Bruce D GaulinProfessor / Endowed Chair | $229,259 | $462 | −$9,534 |
| 115 | John W MedcofProfessor / Director | $228,677 | $0 | +$21,030 |
| 116 | Catherine ConnellyProfessor / Canada Research Chair / Area Chair | $228,618 | $2,675 | +$35,246 |
| 117 | Michael R VeallProfessor | $228,341 | $462 | +$6,712 |
| 118 | John C WeaverProfessor | $227,885 | $0 | +$5,561 |
| 119 | Carmel E MothersillProfessor / Canada Research Chair | $227,883 | $0 | +$6,093 |
| 120 | Teresa ChanAssociate Professor / Assistant Dean / Instructional Assistant | $227,774 | $282 | +$45,743 |
| 121 | Alan NevilleVice Dean, Health Professional Education / Professor | $227,558 | $0 | new |
| 122 | Donald ArnoldProfessor | $226,999 | $232 | −$11,550 |
| 123 | Robert PeltonProfessor / Director | $226,337 | $0 | +$5,804 |
| 124 | Yiqiang JinAssociate Professor | $226,277 | $348 | +$15,129 |
| 125 | Andrew KnightsProfessor / Associate Vice-President Research and International Affairs / Director | $225,829 | $2,675 | +$36,418 |
| 126 | Paul McnicholasProfessor / Director | $225,729 | $2,675 | +$12,093 |
| 127 | Jonathan M WaltonProfessor | $225,709 | $232 | +$42,312 |
| 128 | Joann CoreyAssistant Clinical Professor | $225,471 | $0 | +$3,814 |
| 129 | Michael A BrookProfessor | $225,388 | $1,004 | +$6,585 |
| 130 | Arig Al ShaibahVice Provost (Equity and Inclusion) | $224,962 | $24,046 | +$27,544 |
| 131 | Mark LarcheProfessor | $224,905 | $348 | +$5,783 |
| 132 | Brian DetlorProfessor / Area Chair | $224,257 | $448 | +$15,160 |
| 133 | Mark D InmanProfessor | $224,120 | $348 | −$3,382 |
| 134 | David EarnProfessor | $224,021 | $348 | +$6,567 |
| 135 | Glen RandallProfessor / Director / Area Chair | $223,683 | $448 | −$9,868 |
| 136 | Lotfi BelkhirAssociate Professor | $223,201 | $2,675 | +$5,994 |
| 137 | Shannon BatesProfessor | $223,189 | $232 | −$41,180 |
| 138 | Devashish PujariProfessor | $222,933 | $348 | +$46,148 |
| 139 | Gail KrantzbergProfessor | $222,891 | $348 | +$6,284 |
| 140 | Xiaolin WuProfessor | $222,021 | $348 | +$5,556 |
| 141 | Ralph E PudritzProfessor | $222,009 | $318 | +$6,271 |
| 142 | Manel JordanaProfessor | $221,802 | $348 | +$8,239 |
| 143 | Yee-Ching L ChanProfessor | $221,711 | $348 | +$10,315 |
| 144 | Timothy DavidsonProfessor / Department Chair | $221,327 | $348 | +$6,115 |
| 145 | Stuart PhillipsProfessor / Director | $221,308 | $348 | +$7,346 |
| 146 | Fiona McneillProfessor | $220,916 | $348 | −$954 |
| 147 | Narayanaswamy BalakrishnanProfessor / Associate Chair | $220,786 | $462 | +$9,018 |
| 148 | Yufei YuanProfessor | $220,679 | $0 | −$17,463 |
| 149 | Sonia AnandProfessor | $220,575 | $232 | −$2,980 |
| 150 | Mohamed M ShehataProfessor | $220,556 | $0 | −$11,178 |
| 151 | Lorna E SomersAssistant Vice-President, Development | $220,292 | $232 | +$13,536 |
| 152 | Martin GibalaProfessor / Department Chair | $220,280 | $348 | +$2,305 |
| 153 | Rafael KleimanCanada Research Chair / Professor / Department Chair | $220,049 | $348 | +$9,423 |
| 154 | Sudipto SarkarProfessor | $219,734 | $348 | +$13,302 |
| 155 | Eric Bentzen-BilkvistAssistant Professor | $219,680 | $345 | +$26,421 |
| 156 | Sheila SinghProfessor | $219,243 | $232 | −$6,384 |
| 157 | Teal McateerAssociate Professor | $219,135 | $348 | +$11,679 |
| 158 | John F ValliantProfessor | $219,112 | $348 | +$6,229 |
| 159 | Bonny IbhawohProfessor | $218,915 | $348 | +$30,627 |
| 160 | Turlough M FinanProfessor | $218,747 | $1,022 | −$4,531 |
| 161 | Kathy ChartersAssistant Vice-President, Research Administration | $218,563 | $10,383 | +$18,838 |
| 162 | Ali-Reza MontazemiProfessor | $218,445 | $318 | +$16,038 |
| 163 | Linda CosloviAssistant Vice-President Finance and Planning (Academic) | $218,394 | $10,383 | +$22,693 |
| 164 | Rita CossaAssociate Professor | $218,198 | $448 | −$13,537 |
| 165 | Judith FudgeProfessor | $217,997 | $348 | +$5,948 |
| 166 | Richard C AustinProfessor | $217,287 | $2,675 | +$6,468 |
| 167 | Brian GoldingProfessor | $217,281 | $348 | +$5,936 |
| 168 | Stephen McbrideProfessor / Endowed Chair | $216,990 | $0 | +$5,932 |
| 169 | Saeid HabibiEndowed Chair / Professor | $216,682 | $348 | +$6,457 |
| 170 | Steve HranilovicProfessor / Associate Dean | $216,242 | $348 | +$14,742 |
| 171 | Peter MiuProfessor | $215,937 | $348 | +$10,695 |
| 172 | Gianni PariseProfessor / Associate Professor / Associate Dean | $215,438 | $348 | +$5,419 |
| 173 | Maria StroinskaProfessor / Department Chair | $215,092 | $337 | +$15,153 |
| 174 | Dan CenteaAssociate Professor / Associate Director | $214,983 | $348 | +$21,975 |
| 175 | Margaret FahnestockProfessor | $214,896 | $462 | +$5,637 |
| 176 | Robert B MillikenProfessor / Department Chair | $214,851 | $348 | +$7,611 |
| 177 | Vivian LewisUniversity Librarian | $214,514 | $10,467 | +$19,184 |
| 178 | Michael ThompsonProfessor / Associate Dean | $213,749 | $348 | +$7,579 |
| 179 | Ray R LapierreProfessor / Department Chair | $213,708 | $348 | +$2,532 |
| 180 | William M FarmerProfessor | $213,466 | $348 | +$6,146 |
| 181 | Kimberley DejAssociate Professor / Vice-Provost (Faculty) | $213,429 | $398 | +$11,902 |
| 182 | Hans U BodenProfessor | $212,872 | $348 | −$4,377 |
| 183 | Stephen JonesProfessor / Department Chair | $212,840 | $348 | +$2,504 |
| 184 | Jan W GorterProfessor | $212,820 | $232 | −$7,451 |
| 185 | Marilyn LightstoneProfessor / Department Chair | $212,645 | $348 | +$7,048 |
| 186 | Stephanie AtkinsonProfessor | $212,568 | $0 | +$5,603 |
| 187 | Bradd HartProfessor | $211,890 | $348 | +$5,857 |
| 188 | Carolyn H EylesProfessor | $211,867 | $348 | +$6,122 |
| 189 | Jean WilsonAssociate Professor | $211,721 | $348 | +$4,108 |
| 190 | Gary SchrobilgenProfessor | $211,600 | $0 | +$4,528 |
| 191 | Shrikant BangdiwalaProfessor | $211,590 | $348 | +$8,830 |
| 192 | Bruce C WainmanProfessor | $211,568 | $348 | +$6,984 |
| 193 | Lori BurrowsProfessor | $211,348 | $348 | −$1,844 |
| 194 | Mckenzie WangProfessor | $211,079 | $348 | +$5,581 |
| 195 | Carl RichardsProfessor | $211,009 | $920 | −$7,171 |
| 196 | John SiamAssociate Professor / Director | $210,961 | $348 | +$6,389 |
| 197 | Petra RethmannProfessor / Director | $210,861 | $348 | +$6,794 |
| 198 | Audrey L HicksProfessor / Associate Dean | $210,771 | $348 | +$37,124 |
| 199 | Jeffery DonaldsonProfessor | $210,765 | $348 | +$14,443 |
| 200 | Heather SheardownProfessor | $210,372 | $348 | +$7,917 |
