Universities
McMaster University salaries, 2021
1,437 people paid $100,000 or more in 2021, as disclosed by Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.
People in 2021
1,437
+0.8% vs 2020
Median salary
$158,018
+1.4% vs 2020
Highest salary
$623,067
Total disclosed
$240M
Everyone on the 2021 list
Top 200 of 1,437
| # | Name | Salary | Benefits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claudia EmersonAssociate Professor | $623,067 | $392 | +$338,077 |
| 2 | Salim YusufProfessor | $488,863 | $1,198 | +$6,589 |
| 3 | Mohit BhandariProfessor | $480,940 | $307 | +$187,277 |
| 4 | Paul O'ByrneDean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) / Professor | $446,666 | $9,567 | −$4,000 |
| 5 | Leonard WavermanProfessor / Dean | $421,667 | $0 | −$6,885 |
| 6 | Akbar PanjuProfessor | $404,605 | $0 | +$26,669 |
| 7 | David FarrarPresident and Vice-Chancellor | $389,837 | $9,966 | +$170 |
| 8 | Mick BhatiaProfessor | $388,455 | $392 | +$10,408 |
| 9 | Gregory SteinbergProfessor | $388,340 | $392 | +$34,015 |
| 10 | Gerard WrightProfessor | $388,139 | $392 | +$10,677 |
| 11 | Angelo MikrogianakisProfessor | $385,411 | $307 | +$2,724 |
| 12 | John KeltonProfessor | $378,819 | $5,152 | +$31,815 |
| 13 | Stephen M CollinsProfessor | $378,508 | $0 | +$115,590 |
| 14 | Hertzel C GersteinProfessor | $371,770 | $299 | +$59,107 |
| 15 | Susan DenburgProfessor | $371,492 | $0 | +$10,375 |
| 16 | Henry A GirouxProfessor | $338,411 | $0 | +$8,312 |
| 17 | William OrovanProfessor | $336,858 | $1,320 | −$3,940 |
| 18 | James PaulProfessor | $336,590 | $307 | +$136,436 |
| 19 | Nicholas KatesProfessor | $333,193 | $273 | −$2,382 |
| 20 | Susan TigheProvost and Vice-President (Academic) | $328,974 | $10,315 | +$181,787 |
| 21 | Roger CouldreyStrategic Advisor to the President and Vice-Presidents | $328,051 | $24,227 | +$12,985 |
| 22 | Margaret A BaumannProfessor | $327,051 | $0 | +$9,233 |
| 23 | John MaheuProfessor / Endowed Chair | $326,384 | $392 | +$10,404 |
| 24 | Holger SchunemannProfessor | $326,041 | $307 | +$1,332 |
| 25 | Ronald BalversProfessor / Endowed Chair | $324,436 | $392 | −$16,246 |
| 26 | Charu KaushicProfessor | $321,479 | $392 | +$6,767 |
| 27 | Jon BarrettProfessor | $315,650 | $267 | new |
| 28 | Trevor W ChamberlainProfessor / Area Chair | $312,174 | $0 | +$21,620 |
| 29 | Jiaping QiuProfessor / Endowed Chair | $309,173 | $2,788 | +$20,227 |
| 30 | John LavisProfessor | $308,223 | $392 | +$29,093 |
| 31 | Karen MossmanVice-President Research | $307,043 | $10,300 | −$188 |
| 32 | Matthew SibbaldAssociate Professor / Instructional Assistant | $305,166 | $307 | +$117,484 |
| 33 | Jeremiah E HurleyProfessor / Dean | $304,619 | $392 | +$9,796 |
| 34 | Ali EmadiProfessor | $304,106 | $392 | +$9,984 |
| 35 | Mahmut ParlarProfessor / Distinguished Research Professor | $303,581 | $358 | +$34,617 |
| 36 | Mary WilliamsVice-President, University Advancement | $301,450 | $10,283 | −$3,819 |
| 37 | Paul MoayyediProfessor | $301,442 | $307 | −$1,699 |
| 38 | Deborah CookProfessor | $300,202 | $407 | −$15,839 |
| 39 | Gary A ChaimowitzProfessor | $298,158 | $307 | −$15,786 |
| 40 | Nicholas LeylandProfessor | $296,714 | $307 | −$51,443 |
| 41 | David PriceProfessor | $295,674 | $307 | +$188 |
| 42 | Mohamed A ElbestawiProfessor | $294,751 | $100 | −$1,752 |
| 43 | Peter MascherProfessor / Vice-Provost (International Affairs) | $294,493 | $392 | +$9,746 |
| 44 | Alfonso IorioProfessor | $291,548 | $307 | +$112,970 |
| 45 | Milena HeadProfessor / Endowed Chair / Director | $289,807 | $392 | −$7,352 |
| 46 | Jeffrey RacineProfessor | $286,849 | $392 | +$8,097 |
| 47 | Khaled S HassaneinProfessor / Director / Associate Dean / Dean | $286,187 | $392 | +$9,391 |
| 48 | Parminder RainaProfessor / Director | $282,496 | $392 | −$14,707 |
| 49 | Jeffrey HealeyProfessor | $280,546 | $307 | +$125,030 |
| 50 | Rick HackettProfessor / Canada Research Chair / Area Chair | $280,299 | $392 | −$25,104 |
| 51 | Eric BrownProfessor | $279,678 | $392 | +$5,992 |
| 52 | Mark CrowtherProfessor | $279,338 | $307 | +$2,250 |
| 53 | Teresa ChanAssociate Professor / Assistant Dean / Instructional Assistant / Instructional Design and Education Research Coordinator | $279,265 | $307 | +$51,491 |
| 54 | Maureen J MacdonaldProfessor / Dean | $277,763 | $392 | +$9,774 |
| 55 | Flavio KapczinskiProfessor | $275,388 | $284 | −$11,980 |
| 56 | Michael SuretteProfessor | $274,158 | $392 | +$8,455 |
| 57 | Gayleen GrayAssistant Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer | $272,386 | $24,089 | +$23,535 |
| 58 | Deborah MartinAssistant Vice-President and Chief Facilities Officer | $269,528 | $10,085 | +$16,398 |
| 59 | Anna DanielovaAssociate Professor / Associate Dean | $268,648 | $392 | +$8,188 |
| 60 | Robert WhyteAssociate Professor | $268,083 | $307 | −$48,753 |
| 61 | Jonathan BramsonProfessor | $268,014 | $392 | +$8,688 |
| 62 | Douglas L WelchProfessor / Vice-Provost and Dean Of Graduate Studies | $267,880 | $392 | +$9,628 |
| 63 | Yiqiang JinAssociate Professor / Director | $267,700 | $392 | +$41,423 |
| 64 | Khalid NainarProfessor / Area Chair / Director | $266,432 | $392 | −$3,300 |
| 65 | James MackillopProfessor | $266,235 | $2,788 | +$6,425 |
| 66 | Deidre HenneAssistant Vice-President Administration and Chief Financial Officer | $265,644 | $24,114 | −$2,486 |
| 67 | Emad MohammadAssociate Professor / Director | $265,159 | $392 | −$1,790 |
| 68 | Ryan Van LieshoutAssociate Professor | $263,066 | $307 | −$12,906 |
| 69 | Wanda MckennaChief Human Resources Officer | $261,975 | $10,165 | +$10,763 |
| 70 | Susan MccrackenProfessor / Associate Dean | $261,133 | $392 | −$8,746 |
| 71 | Ian HambletonProfessor | $259,915 | $0 | +$19,814 |
| 72 | Linda CosloviAssistant Vice-President Finance and Planning (Academic) | $258,684 | $10,088 | +$40,290 |
| 73 | John D BrennanProfessor / Canada Research Chair / Director | $258,511 | $392 | +$6,908 |
| 74 | Rita CossaAssociate Professor | $255,806 | $392 | +$37,609 |
| 75 | Benson HonigProfessor / Endowed Chair | $255,515 | $392 | +$7,324 |
| 76 | Susan GirouxProfessor | $255,226 | $392 | −$50,800 |
| 77 | Sandra CarrollAssociate Professor | $254,699 | $392 | +$8,591 |
| 78 | James DunnProfessor / Department Chair / Director | $254,618 | $392 | +$7,816 |
| 79 | Sean Van KoughnettAssistant Vice-President, Students and Learning / Dean of Students | $253,067 | $24,083 | +$1,855 |
| 80 | Patrick BennettProfessor | $253,011 | $392 | +$7,055 |
| 81 | Narat CharupatProfessor | $252,835 | $392 | +$49,190 |
| 82 | Gianluigi BottonProfessor / Canada Research Chair | $252,676 | $392 | +$9,087 |
| 83 | Martin KolbProfessor | $251,801 | $307 | +$4,196 |
| 84 | Clarence C Y KwanProfessor | $250,607 | $0 | +$16,084 |
| 85 | Dina BrooksProfessor | $250,310 | $392 | +$8,526 |
| 86 | Mukul SharmaAssociate Professor | $249,514 | $307 | −$16,330 |
| 87 | Bruce D GaulinProfessor / Endowed Chair | $248,944 | $521 | +$19,685 |
| 88 | Richard WhitlockProfessor | $248,373 | $307 | −$21,766 |
| 89 | Jamal DeenProfessor | $248,371 | $392 | −$5,021 |
| 90 | Laurel TrainorProfessor / Director | $248,140 | $392 | +$8,066 |
| 91 | Pamela E SwettProfessor / Dean | $247,479 | $392 | +$9,064 |
| 92 | John S PrestonProfessor / Associate Dean | $246,707 | $521 | +$8,375 |
| 93 | J Michael WaddingtonProfessor | $246,198 | $392 | +$6,552 |
| 94 | Philip DevereauxProfessor | $245,581 | $307 | +$1,000 |
| 95 | Lori WhiteheadProfessor | $244,790 | $307 | −$34,458 |
| 96 | Mark D InmanProfessor | $243,971 | $392 | +$19,851 |
| 97 | Rafael KleimanCanada Research Chair / Professor / Department Chair | $243,952 | $392 | +$23,903 |
| 98 | Brian CoombesProfessor | $243,921 | $392 | +$8,407 |
| 99 | Yair BersonProfessor | $243,610 | $392 | new |
| 100 | Ekaterina MalinovaAssociate Professor / Chair | $243,252 | $392 | −$5,138 |
| 101 | Eric SawyerProfessor | $243,132 | $0 | +$5,821 |
| 102 | Dean MountainProfessor | $243,122 | $392 | −$20,312 |
| 103 | Andrea FarquharAssistant Vice-President, Public and Government Relations | $243,070 | $10,122 | +$9,871 |
| 104 | Janok BhattacharyaProfessor | $242,904 | $392 | +$7,176 |
| 105 | Lorraine YorkProfessor | $241,358 | $521 | +$7,154 |
| 106 | Manish VermaAssociate Professor / Area Chair | $241,191 | $2,788 | +$8,622 |
| 107 | Gordon GuyattProfessor | $240,742 | $521 | +$1,847 |
| 108 | Suzanne CrostaProfessor | $240,649 | $521 | +$7,143 |
| 109 | Marvin G RyderAssociate Professor | $240,222 | $392 | +$7,411 |
| 110 | Ken CruikshankProfessor | $239,681 | $392 | −$8,106 |
| 111 | John W MedcofProfessor / Director | $239,568 | $0 | +$10,892 |
| 112 | John LuxatProfessor | $239,032 | $0 | +$6,305 |
| 113 | Vladimir MahalecProfessor / Associate Director | $238,380 | $0 | +$6,236 |
| 114 | Ram MishraProfessor / Director | $238,052 | $0 | +$6,490 |
| 115 | Lennox A SweetmanProfessor | $237,917 | $392 | +$7,673 |
| 116 | Turlough M FinanProfessor | $237,180 | $1,179 | +$18,433 |
| 117 | David S WilkinsonProfessor | $236,252 | $0 | −$119,075 |
| 118 | Michael R VeallProfessor | $235,407 | $521 | +$7,066 |
| 119 | Eu-Gene NgAssociate Professor / Program Chair | $235,295 | $392 | −$8,845 |
| 120 | Paul McnicholasProfessor / Director / Associate Chair | $235,281 | $2,788 | +$9,552 |
| 121 | Harriet L MacmillanProfessor | $234,923 | $307 | +$4,277 |
| 122 | Carmel E MothersillProfessor / Canada Research Chair | $234,668 | $0 | +$6,785 |
| 123 | Mandeep S MalikAssociate Professor / Director | $234,484 | $392 | +$35,983 |
| 124 | Peter MiuProfessor | $234,249 | $392 | +$18,312 |
| 125 | Shannon BatesProfessor | $234,071 | $307 | +$10,883 |
| 126 | Bruce C WainmanProfessor | $233,430 | $392 | +$21,862 |
| 127 | Andrew KnightsProfessor / Associate Vice-President Research and International Affairs / Director | $232,839 | $392 | +$7,010 |
| 128 | Robert PeltonProfessor / Director | $232,547 | $0 | +$6,210 |
| 129 | Michael A BrookProfessor | $232,410 | $1,161 | +$7,022 |
| 130 | Guoying LuoProfessor | $232,273 | $409 | +$23,201 |
| 131 | Gail KrantzbergProfessor | $231,275 | $392 | +$8,385 |
| 132 | Mark LarcheProfessor | $231,093 | $392 | +$6,188 |
| 133 | Nick BontisAssociate Professor / Area Chair | $230,769 | $392 | −$2,091 |
| 134 | Michael FarquharsonProfessor / Associate Dean | $229,185 | $392 | −$885 |
| 135 | Katherine MorrisonProfessor | $229,097 | $307 | +$25,625 |
| 136 | Stuart PhillipsProfessor / Director | $229,079 | $392 | +$7,770 |
| 137 | Jason W BusseAssociate Professor | $229,002 | $392 | +$40,702 |
| 138 | Lorna E SomersAssistant Vice-President, Development | $228,954 | $260 | +$8,662 |
| 139 | Ralph E PudritzProfessor | $228,707 | $0 | +$6,697 |
| 140 | Narayanaswamy BalakrishnanProfessor / Associate Chair | $228,261 | $521 | +$7,475 |
| 141 | Timothy DavidsonProfessor / Department Chair | $228,139 | $442 | +$6,812 |
| 142 | Donald ArnoldProfessor | $227,999 | $307 | +$1,000 |
| 143 | Xiaolin WuProfessor | $227,609 | $392 | +$5,589 |
| 144 | Fiona McneillProfessor | $227,039 | $392 | +$6,123 |
| 145 | Lori BurrowsProfessor | $226,767 | $392 | +$15,419 |
| 146 | Yufei YuanProfessor | $226,525 | $0 | +$5,847 |
| 147 | Manel JordanaProfessor | $226,466 | $358 | +$4,664 |
| 148 | Gianni PariseProfessor / Associate Professor / Department Chair | $226,337 | $392 | +$10,899 |
| 149 | Katherine CuffProfessor | $226,181 | $392 | +$18,753 |
| 150 | John F ValliantProfessor | $225,766 | $392 | +$6,654 |
| 151 | Ishwar PuriProfessor / Dean | $225,630 | $522 | −$145,563 |
| 152 | Juliet DanielProfessor / Associate Dean | $225,440 | $392 | +$28,802 |
| 153 | Mohamed M ShehataProfessor | $225,433 | $0 | +$4,877 |
| 154 | Teal McateerAssociate Professor | $225,386 | $392 | +$6,251 |
| 155 | Bonny IbhawohProfessor | $225,363 | $392 | +$6,449 |
| 156 | Richard C AustinProfessor | $224,740 | $2,788 | +$7,453 |
| 157 | Judith FudgeProfessor | $224,635 | $392 | +$6,637 |
| 158 | Steve HranilovicProfessor / Associate Dean | $224,561 | $392 | +$8,319 |
| 159 | Heather SheardownProfessor / Dean | $224,448 | $392 | +$14,076 |
| 160 | Amanda BellRegional Assistant Dean / Instructional Assistant | $224,416 | $0 | +$17,434 |
| 161 | Catherine ConnellyProfessor / Canada Research Chair / Area Chair | $224,187 | $392 | −$4,432 |
| 162 | Brian GoldingProfessor | $223,629 | $392 | +$6,348 |
| 163 | Arig Al ShaibahVice Provost (Equity and Inclusion) / Educational Instructor | $223,060 | $24,045 | −$1,902 |
| 164 | Ameen PatelProfessor | $223,013 | $307 | +$27,568 |
| 165 | Martin GibalaProfessor | $222,942 | $392 | +$2,662 |
| 166 | Carl RichardsProfessor | $222,928 | $1,064 | +$11,919 |
| 167 | John C WeaverProfessor | $222,394 | $0 | −$5,491 |
| 168 | Maria StroinskaProfessor / Department Chair | $222,128 | $379 | +$7,036 |
| 169 | Michael ThompsonProfessor / Associate Dean | $221,756 | $392 | +$8,007 |
| 170 | Laura E HarringtonAssistant Vice-President, Faculty of Health Sciences | $221,546 | $10,060 | +$19,167 |
| 171 | Yun ZhouAssistant Professor | $221,503 | $5,183 | +$47,238 |
| 172 | Glen RandallProfessor / Director / Area Chair | $221,334 | $392 | −$2,349 |
| 173 | Lotfi BelkhirAssociate Professor | $221,142 | $2,788 | −$2,059 |
| 174 | Margaret FahnestockProfessor | $220,935 | $475 | +$6,038 |
| 175 | Marilyn LightstoneProfessor / Department Chair | $220,158 | $392 | +$7,513 |
| 176 | David EarnProfessor | $220,061 | $392 | −$3,960 |
| 177 | William M FarmerProfessor | $220,035 | $392 | +$6,569 |
| 178 | Hans U BodenProfessor | $219,522 | $392 | +$6,650 |
| 179 | Jean WilsonAssociate Professor | $219,294 | $392 | +$7,574 |
| 180 | Stephanie AtkinsonProfessor | $218,571 | $0 | +$6,004 |
| 181 | Carolyn H EylesProfessor | $218,413 | $392 | +$6,546 |
| 182 | Jonathan M WaltonProfessor | $218,352 | $407 | −$7,357 |
| 183 | Bradd HartProfessor | $218,157 | $392 | +$6,268 |
| 184 | Petra RethmannProfessor / Director | $218,110 | $392 | +$7,249 |
| 185 | Robert B MillikenProfessor / Department Chair | $217,853 | $392 | +$3,002 |
| 186 | Marie ElliotProfessor / Department Chair | $217,597 | $392 | +$8,020 |
| 187 | Louis SchmidtProfessor | $217,531 | $392 | +$7,621 |
| 188 | Thia KirubarajanProfessor | $217,368 | $392 | +$7,345 |
| 189 | Mckenzie WangProfessor | $217,335 | $392 | +$6,256 |
| 190 | Sudipto SarkarProfessor | $217,275 | $392 | −$2,459 |
| 191 | Karen KiddProfessor | $217,271 | $392 | +$7,347 |
| 192 | Joseph MccermidProfessor / Associate Chair | $217,245 | $392 | new |
| 193 | Daniel ColemanProfessor | $217,195 | $392 | +$18,711 |
| 194 | Elkafi HassiniProfessor | $217,181 | $2,771 | +$12,416 |
| 195 | Audrey L HicksProfessor / Associate Chair | $217,175 | $392 | +$6,403 |
| 196 | Anna MoroAssociate Professor / Director | $217,021 | $392 | +$7,872 |
| 197 | James GillettAssociate Professor / Associate Dean | $216,530 | $392 | +$15,951 |
| 198 | Gary SchrobilgenProfessor | $216,484 | $0 | +$4,885 |
| 199 | Kenneth DealProfessor | $216,254 | $0 | −$41,406 |
| 200 | Ray R LapierreProfessor | $215,939 | $392 | +$2,231 |