Universities
McMaster University salaries, 2025
1,966 people paid $100,000 or more in 2025, as disclosed by Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.
People in 2025
1,966
+8.1% vs 2024
Median salary
$150,713
−1.3% vs 2024
Highest salary
$498,075
Total disclosed
$326M
Everyone on the 2025 list
Top 200 of 1,966
| # | Name | Salary | Benefits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claudia EmersonProfessor | $498,075 | $517 | +$19,738 |
| 2 | David FarrarProfessor | $483,140 | $5,366 | −$35,802 |
| 3 | Susan TighePresident and Vice-Chancellor | $465,621 | $10,752 | +$23,479 |
| 4 | Paul O'ByrneDean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) / Professor | $463,235 | $9,567 | +$280 |
| 5 | Salim YusufProfessor | $451,950 | $795 | −$50,183 |
| 6 | Mohit BhandariProfessor | $448,462 | $517 | $0 |
| 7 | Deborah MartinAssociate Vice-President, Real Estate, Partnerships and Ancillary Operations | $433,067 | $10,254 | +$128,140 |
| 8 | Gregory SteinbergProfessor | $433,038 | $517 | +$17,995 |
| 9 | Mick BhatiaProfessor | $430,325 | $1,897 | +$16,694 |
| 10 | Khaled S HassaneinDean / Professor | $423,431 | $517 | +$16,483 |
| 11 | Parminder RainaDirector / Professor | $420,053 | $517 | +$13,066 |
| 12 | Gerard WrightProfessor | $412,681 | $517 | −$3,482 |
| 13 | James MackillopProfessor | $408,842 | $517 | +$55,049 |
| 14 | John KeltonProfessor | $408,284 | $0 | +$1,500 |
| 15 | Karen MossmanProfessor | $403,510 | $259 | +$23,624 |
| 16 | Angelo MikrogianakisProfessor | $385,523 | $517 | −$12,719 |
| 17 | Saher FazilatVice-President, Operations and Finance | $384,900 | $26,798 | $0 |
| 18 | Dina BrooksProfessor | $383,184 | $517 | +$103,706 |
| 19 | Jeremiah Edward HurleyDean / Professor | $378,328 | $517 | +$35,660 |
| 20 | Charu KaushicProfessor | $376,140 | $517 | +$10,856 |
| 21 | Henry Armand GirouxProfessor | $375,167 | $0 | +$15,140 |
| 22 | Sheila SinghProfessor | $372,005 | $517 | +$92,384 |
| 23 | Margaret Andrea BaumannProfessor | $367,859 | $0 | +$15,783 |
| 24 | James PaulProfessor | $356,127 | $517 | +$43,672 |
| 25 | Maureen J MacdonaldProvost and Vice-President (Academic) | $353,194 | $5,535 | +$44,080 |
| 26 | Ali EmadiProfessor | $349,058 | $517 | +$17,238 |
| 27 | Heather SheardownProfessor / Dean | $348,467 | $517 | +$20,794 |
| 28 | Andrew KnightsProfessor / Associate Vice-President Research | $345,545 | $5,568 | −$26,978 |
| 29 | Lili LitwinVice-President University Advancement | $344,485 | $26,777 | +$43,035 |
| 30 | Gary Andrew ChaimowitzProfessor | $340,553 | $474 | +$37,022 |
| 31 | Ronald BalversProfessor / Endowed Chair / Area Chair | $339,207 | $517 | −$8,749 |
| 32 | Chelsea GabelProfessor | $338,881 | $517 | +$116,378 |
| 33 | Milena HeadProfessor / Director / Endowed Chair | $335,657 | $517 | −$8,284 |
| 34 | Sonia AnandAssociate Vice-President / Professor | $327,338 | $517 | −$4,936 |
| 35 | Brian CoombesProfessor | $322,480 | $517 | +$14,595 |
| 36 | Jonathan BramsonProfessor | $321,998 | $532 | +$7,414 |
| 37 | Jeffrey RacineProfessor | $321,850 | $517 | +$13,631 |
| 38 | John MaheuProfessor / Distinguished Research Professor | $320,396 | $517 | −$7,473 |
| 39 | Mahmut ParlarProfessor / Distinguished Research Professor | $320,158 | $0 | −$25,770 |
| 40 | Peter MascherProfessor | $319,597 | $474 | +$10,889 |
| 41 | Gianni PariseVice-President Research / Dean | $319,312 | $5,535 | +$42,811 |
| 42 | Eric BrownProfessor | $315,293 | $517 | +$14,036 |
| 43 | Alfonso IorioProfessor | $313,218 | $517 | −$10,044 |
| 44 | Michael SuretteProfessor | $311,390 | $517 | +$14,276 |
| 45 | Omer AhmedAssociate Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer | $308,685 | $26,783 | +$77,904 |
| 46 | Wanda MckennaAssociate Vice-President and Chief Human Resources Office | $308,685 | $10,538 | −$9,481 |
| 47 | Sean Van KoughnettAssociate Vice-President Student and Dean of Students | $308,685 | $26,783 | +$6,466 |
| 48 | Pamela E SwettProfessor / Dean | $308,020 | $517 | +$19,353 |
| 49 | Sandra CarrollProfessor | $307,706 | $517 | +$14,451 |
| 50 | Deborah CookProfessor | $306,927 | $517 | +$2,575 |
| 51 | Rick HackettProfessor | $303,737 | $474 | +$2,979 |
| 52 | James DunnProfessor / Associate Dean / Director | $303,154 | $517 | +$20,241 |
| 53 | Hendrik PoinarProfessor | $302,730 | $517 | +$13,249 |
| 54 | Varun ChaudharyProfessor | $301,372 | $517 | −$53,606 |
| 55 | John Stewart PrestonProfessor / Strategic Advisor / Associate Vice-President | $298,368 | $687 | +$20,815 |
| 56 | Brent DavisUniversity Counsel | $297,252 | $10,505 | +$3,117 |
| 57 | Ehab KamarahAssociate Vice-President and Chief Facilities Officer | $297,252 | $26,802 | +$38,794 |
| 58 | Bonny IbhawohProfessor / Vice-Provost (International Affairs) | $296,965 | $517 | +$13,791 |
| 59 | Janok BhattacharyaProfessor / Director | $296,372 | $517 | +$23,214 |
| 60 | Matthew SibbaldAssociate Professor / Instructional Assistant | $295,147 | $517 | +$893 |
| 61 | Susan MccrackenProfessor / Area Chair | $294,124 | $517 | +$28,219 |
| 62 | Gayleen GrayAssociate Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer | $292,013 | $26,733 | +$8,696 |
| 63 | Anna DanielovaAssociate Professor | $291,127 | $517 | +$27,140 |
| 64 | Ekaterina MalinovaAssociate Professor / Chair / Director | $290,380 | $517 | +$9,335 |
| 65 | Cameron CurrieProfessor | $288,896 | $5,193 | +$12,397 |
| 66 | Daniel CordovaniAssociate Professor | $287,223 | $517 | new |
| 67 | Benson HonigProfessor / Director / Distinguished Research Professor | $287,008 | $0 | +$13,106 |
| 68 | Marvin George RyderAssociate Professor / Area Chair | $286,942 | $517 | +$27,110 |
| 69 | Laurel TrainorProfessor / Director | $285,430 | $474 | +$18,210 |
| 70 | Patrick BennettProfessor | $283,582 | $517 | +$12,211 |
| 71 | Jamal DeenProfessor | $283,571 | $0 | −$748 |
| 72 | Donald ArnoldProfessor | $283,494 | $517 | +$28,309 |
| 73 | Bruce D GaulinProfessor | $282,962 | $687 | +$12,691 |
| 74 | Steve HranilovicProfessor / Vice-Provost and Dean Of Graduate Studies | $281,540 | $517 | +$13,569 |
| 75 | Catherine ConnellyProfessor / Director / Distinguished Research Professor | $281,363 | $517 | +$46,566 |
| 76 | Lennox Arthur SweetmanProfessor | $280,680 | $517 | +$12,667 |
| 77 | Rafael KleimanCanada Research Chair / Professor / Department Chair | $280,242 | $517 | +$14,209 |
| 78 | Susan GirouxProfessor | $275,210 | $517 | +$22,721 |
| 79 | John D BrennanProfessor / Canada Research Chair / Director | $274,156 | $517 | +$11,894 |
| 80 | K Bruce NewboldProfessor / Associate Dean / Dean | $274,154 | $517 | +$24,134 |
| 81 | Erin ReidCanada Research Chair Tier II / Professor | $274,102 | $2,855 | +$27,960 |
| 82 | Richard WhitlockProfessor | $273,370 | $517 | +$40,098 |
| 83 | Elkafi HassiniProfessor / Associate Dean | $273,360 | $517 | +$13,731 |
| 84 | Lorraine YorkProfessor | $273,144 | $687 | +$12,258 |
| 85 | Yair BersonProfessor / Distinguished Research Professor | $272,641 | $517 | +$11,504 |
| 86 | Michael Robert VeallProfessor / Director | $272,527 | $0 | +$25,868 |
| 87 | Nick BontisAssociate Professor / Area Chair | $271,743 | $517 | +$3,521 |
| 88 | Manish VermaAssociate Professor / Associate Dean / Director | $271,652 | $517 | +$8,242 |
| 89 | Thomas DoyleAssociate Professor | $271,636 | $517 | +$10,593 |
| 90 | Mark CrowtherProfessor | $271,510 | $517 | −$1,342 |
| 91 | Eric SawyerProfessor | $270,545 | $0 | +$11,453 |
| 92 | Karin NeufeldProfessor | $269,368 | $517 | −$2,086 |
| 93 | Sukhvinder ObhiProfessor / Associate Vice-President | $269,322 | $2,855 | +$12,774 |
| 94 | John LavisProfessor | $267,891 | $517 | −$146,535 |
| 95 | Vivian LewisUniversity Librarian | $267,043 | $10,409 | +$33,532 |
| 96 | Trevor William ChamberlainProfessor | $266,758 | $0 | −$1,223 |
| 97 | Niko HildebrandtProfessor | $266,075 | $517 | +$13,427 |
| 98 | Matheus Da Rocha GrasselliDeputy Provost / Professor | $265,178 | $517 | +$13,069 |
| 99 | Jason Walter BusseProfessor | $264,766 | $517 | +$8,227 |
| 100 | Steven Edward HannaProfessor | $264,508 | $517 | +$5,481 |
| 101 | David EarnProfessor | $263,865 | $517 | +$12,220 |
| 102 | Hans Ulysses BodenProfessor | $263,578 | $539 | +$18,333 |
| 103 | Yufei YuanProfessor | $262,322 | $0 | +$13,522 |
| 104 | Maryam GhasemaghaeiAssociate Professor / Area Chair / Canada Research Chair Tier II | $262,145 | $2,855 | +$29,146 |
| 105 | Michael Lee-PoyInstructional Assistant / Regional Assistant Dean | $261,609 | $0 | +$58,626 |
| 106 | Vladimir MahalecProfessor | $261,153 | $0 | +$10,804 |
| 107 | Matthew S MillerProfessor | $260,502 | $5,193 | +$13,986 |
| 108 | Emad MohammadAssociate Professor | $260,076 | $517 | +$16,484 |
| 109 | Mark David InmanProfessor | $258,641 | $517 | +$7,801 |
| 110 | Marie ElliotDepartment Chair / Professor | $258,225 | $517 | +$8,781 |
| 111 | Peter MiuProfessor / Director | $257,673 | $517 | +$17,866 |
| 112 | Melissa C PoolAssociate Vice-President Academic Planning and Finance | $257,238 | $26,625 | +$11,411 |
| 113 | Richard C AustinProfessor | $257,063 | $2,855 | +$12,024 |
| 114 | Laura Elizabeth HarringtonAssociate Vice-President and Chief Administrative Officer, Faculty of Health Sciences | $256,580 | $10,349 | +$13,726 |
| 115 | Nabil BassimProfessor / Director | $256,547 | $517 | +$29,257 |
| 116 | Manel JordanaProfessor | $256,503 | $0 | +$11,397 |
| 117 | Khalid NainarProfessor | $256,405 | $517 | +$1,118 |
| 118 | Barrington WalkerProfessor / Vice Provost (Equity and Inclusion) | $256,125 | $517 | +$12,969 |
| 119 | Ashley DowneyAssociate Vice-President, Pan-University Faculty Advancement | $255,916 | $26,619 | +$102,213 |
| 120 | Saeid HabibiEndowed Chair / Professor | $255,280 | $517 | +$12,198 |
| 121 | Ruth ChenAssociate Professor / Instructional Design and Education Research Coordinator / Research Assistant | $255,220 | $517 | +$23,711 |
| 122 | Martin HornProfessor / Associate Vice-President Research | $255,081 | $517 | +$30,845 |
| 123 | Don AbelsonDirector / Professor | $254,564 | $517 | +$12,395 |
| 124 | William Michael FarmerProfessor / Department Chair | $254,413 | $474 | +$16,980 |
| 125 | Michael FarquharsonProfessor | $254,193 | $517 | +$7,223 |
| 126 | Margaret MckinnonProfessor | $254,044 | $517 | +$11,983 |
| 127 | Steven MooreTreasurer And Chief Investment Officer | $253,886 | $16,590 | +$18,992 |
| 128 | Marilyn LightstoneProfessor | $253,681 | $517 | +$13,230 |
| 129 | Wael El-DakhakhniProfessor / Associate Chair | $253,645 | $517 | +$28,526 |
| 130 | Brian GoldingProfessor | $253,603 | $0 | +$11,783 |
| 131 | Juliet DanielProfessor / Strategic Advisor | $253,532 | $517 | +$5,815 |
| 132 | Ray Robert LapierreProfessor | $252,993 | $517 | +$28,465 |
| 133 | Stuart PhillipsProfessor / Department Chair / Director | $252,753 | $517 | +$13,616 |
| 134 | Katherine CuffProfessor / Dean | $252,426 | $517 | +$28,462 |
| 135 | Narat CharupatProfessor | $252,151 | $517 | +$2,800 |
| 136 | Kimberley DejAssociate Professor / Vice-Provost (Faculty) | $251,750 | $517 | +$1,472 |
| 137 | Leslie MartinAssociate Professor | $251,749 | $448 | +$19,111 |
| 138 | Teal McateerAssociate Professor | $251,286 | $517 | +$11,479 |
| 139 | Anna MoroAssociate Professor / Director | $250,797 | $517 | +$3,201 |
| 140 | Mandeep S MalikAssociate Professor / Area Chair | $250,786 | $517 | +$8,371 |
| 141 | Robert WhyteAssociate Professor | $250,536 | $517 | +$1,391 |
| 142 | Sarah AndersonProfessor / Associate Dean | $250,491 | $517 | new |
| 143 | James GillettAssociate Professor / Director | $250,322 | $517 | +$20,165 |
| 144 | Aaron SchatAssociate Professor / Associate Dean | $250,246 | $517 | +$12,941 |
| 145 | Andrea FarquharChief Executive, Internal and External Engagement | $250,126 | $4,342 | −$44,666 |
| 146 | Philip DevereauxProfessor | $250,081 | $907 | +$1,500 |
| 147 | Kathy ChartersAssociate Vice-President Research Administration | $250,057 | $10,355 | +$11,877 |
| 148 | Karen KiddProfessor | $250,009 | $517 | +$12,405 |
| 149 | Carlos FilipeProfessor / Associate Dean | $249,590 | $517 | +$14,644 |
| 150 | Lori BurrowsProfessor / Associate Director | $249,578 | $517 | +$11,843 |
| 151 | Kai HuangProfessor / Area Chair | $249,478 | $517 | +$15,843 |
| 152 | Yiqiang JinProfessor / Director | $249,215 | $517 | +$745 |
| 153 | Paul McnicholasProfessor | $249,058 | $517 | +$13,102 |
| 154 | John Charles WeaverProfessor | $248,992 | $0 | −$909 |
| 155 | Timothy DavidsonProfessor | $248,805 | $517 | +$11,634 |
| 156 | Josip ZicDirector, Health Physics / Sessional Faculty | $248,598 | $14,737 | +$35,627 |
| 157 | Gillian Ruth GowardProfessor / Associate Dean | $248,590 | $517 | +$14,614 |
| 158 | Jon BarrettProfessor | $248,589 | $517 | −$10,494 |
| 159 | Narayanaswamy BalakrishnanProfessor | $248,018 | $630 | +$12,039 |
| 160 | Kevin VeenstraAssociate Professor | $247,960 | $517 | +$12,174 |
| 161 | Mel RutherfordProfessor / Department Chair | $247,572 | $517 | +$3,436 |
| 162 | Sigal BalshineProfessor / Associate Chair | $247,150 | $517 | +$12,187 |
| 163 | Stephanie AtkinsonProfessor | $246,602 | $0 | +$11,445 |
| 164 | Manish KackerAssociate Professor | $246,548 | $517 | +$14,036 |
| 165 | Bruce Charles WainmanProfessor | $246,460 | $517 | −$4,785 |
| 166 | Bradd HartProfessor | $246,210 | $517 | +$11,066 |
| 167 | Glen RandallProfessor / Director / Area Chair | $246,180 | $517 | +$439 |
| 168 | Robert Bruce MillikenProfessor | $246,027 | $517 | +$11,918 |
| 169 | Alison SillsProfessor / Department Chair | $245,887 | $517 | +$13,048 |
| 170 | Devashish PujariProfessor | $245,219 | $517 | +$14,038 |
| 171 | Gail WolkowiczProfessor | $245,160 | $0 | +$11,531 |
| 172 | Eu-Gene NgAssociate Professor / Program Chair | $244,477 | $517 | +$14,603 |
| 173 | Abdolmanaf ZargoushAssociate Professor / Associate Dean | $244,234 | $517 | +$36,389 |
| 174 | Mckenzie WangProfessor | $244,137 | $0 | +$10,529 |
| 175 | Olufemi AyeniProfessor | $243,839 | $517 | +$39,373 |
| 176 | Stephen Clarence VeldhuisProfessor / Director | $243,751 | $517 | +$13,061 |
| 177 | Gordon GuyattProfessor | $243,695 | $0 | −$1,760 |
| 178 | John SiamAssociate Professor / Director | $243,609 | $0 | +$16,403 |
| 179 | Patricia Chow-FraserProfessor / Director | $243,534 | $0 | +$25,788 |
| 180 | Jan HuizingaProfessor | $243,462 | $0 | +$11,702 |
| 181 | Lisa SchwartzProfessor | $243,214 | $517 | +$11,276 |
| 182 | Yingfu LiProfessor | $243,126 | $517 | +$23,555 |
| 183 | Elena Verdu-BercikProfessor | $242,921 | $517 | +$27,394 |
| 184 | Michael ThompsonProfessor | $242,698 | $517 | new |
| 185 | Sudipto SarkarProfessor | $242,579 | $517 | +$6,582 |
| 186 | Judith West-MaysAssistant Dean, Medical Science / Professor | $242,516 | $517 | +$14,414 |
| 187 | Ana Regina CamposProfessor / Department Chair | $242,245 | $474 | −$1,275 |
| 188 | Wolfram KahlProfessor / Associate Chair | $242,201 | $517 | +$10,962 |
| 189 | Ruhai WuAssociate Professor / Area Chair | $242,196 | $517 | +$19,223 |
| 190 | Alan WassyngProfessor | $241,884 | $0 | +$11,300 |
| 191 | Martin GibalaProfessor | $241,787 | $517 | +$10,886 |
| 192 | Natalia Koleva NikolovaProfessor / Associate Chair | $241,593 | $517 | +$8,979 |
| 193 | Alex AdronovProfessor / Director | $241,315 | $527 | +$11,549 |
| 194 | Shrikant BangdiwalaProfessor | $241,271 | $0 | +$11,033 |
| 195 | Carl RichardsProfessor | $241,169 | $1,546 | +$6,035 |
| 196 | Gregory PondProfessor | $240,980 | $517 | +$10,032 |
| 197 | Nicholas KevlahanProfessor | $240,952 | $517 | +$11,594 |
| 198 | Shahram ShiraniProfessor / Associate Chair / Department Chair | $240,853 | $517 | +$20,939 |
| 199 | Kari Dalnoki-VeressProfessor / Associate Chair | $240,618 | $527 | +$14,161 |
| 200 | Blaise BourdinProfessor / Director | $240,456 | $517 | +$13,430 |