What does this employer profile show?
This profile summarizes McMaster University disclosed records in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure, including salary paid, taxable benefits, role-family mix, salary bands, and sector context.
Employer public compensation profile
McMaster University public compensation profile, 2025
McMaster University appears in Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure with 1,966 disclosed records, $326,268,297 in salary paid, and a median disclosed salary of $150,713. These figures reflect disclosed records only and should not be interpreted as total workforce compensation, total institutional payroll, or a standalone judgment.
Key disclosed metrics
Disclosed records1,966public disclosure rows
Disclosed payroll$326.3M$326,268,297 salary paid
Median disclosed salary$150,713among disclosed records
Taxable benefits$4.1M1.26% of salary paid
SectorUniversitiesView Universities sector page
Inferred placeHamiltonplatform-generated label
Profile snapshot
- Sector footprint
- 6.3% of sector disclosed records; 6.4% of sector salary paid.
- Median vs sector
- Employer median: $150,713; sector median: $151,306; close to sector median.
- Role-family salary share
- Academic and research — 71.5% of this employer’s salary paid.
- Salary-band concentration
- 100–125k — 33.0% of disclosed records.
- Benefits-to-salary ratio
- Employer: 1.26%; sector: 0.48%.
- Benchmark caveat
- Disclosed-record benchmarks only.
Responsible use and limits
Disclosure records require context: they are not judgments about people, employers, or sectors; salary paid is not total compensation; disclosed rows are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
- Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
- Salary paid is not total compensation.
- Disclosed payroll is not total employer or sector payroll.
- Role family and inferred place are platform-generated heuristics, not official Ontario fields.
What this page does not conclude
- It does not assess performance, value, efficiency, quality, conduct, or compensation fairness.
- It does not prove a trend from one year of disclosure.
- It does not explain individual employment circumstances, overtime, retroactive payments, or partial-year effects.
- It does not replace source review, methodology, or correction context.
What stands out in this profile?
- The profile includes 1,966 disclosed records and $326,268,297 in salary paid.
- The median disclosed salary is $150,713, compared with $151,306 for the Universities sector; this is close to the sector median disclosed salary.
- The largest role family by disclosed salary paid is Academic and research.
- The largest salary band by disclosed record count is 100–125k.
- Reported taxable benefits equal 1.26% of salary paid, using disclosed taxable benefits only.
These observations summarize disclosed records only and should be interpreted with source attribution, methodology, and responsible-use caveats.
Sector context
Within this sector’s disclosed records, McMaster University can be compared with the Universities sector by disclosed record count, salary paid, median disclosed salary, and average disclosed salary where available. This is context for transparency and benchmarking, not a measure of performance, value, efficiency, quality, or compensation fairness.
| Metric | McMaster University | Universities sector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed records | 1,966 | 30,975 | 6.3% of sector disclosed records |
| Disclosed payroll / salary paid | $326,268,297 | $5,116,972,372 | 6.4% of sector salary paid |
| Median disclosed salary | $150,713 | $151,306 | Median salary paid among disclosed records only. |
| Average disclosed salary | $165,955 | $165,197 | Average salary paid among disclosed records only. |
Role-family mix
Role families summarize disclosed position titles using neutral, platform-generated heuristics. They do not assess performance, efficiency, quality, or institutional value.
| Role family | Disclosed records | Disclosed payroll | Median disclosed salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic and research | 1,301 | $233,408,719 | $174,504 |
| Corporate administration and operations | 189 | $21,974,418 | $111,906 |
| Executive and senior leadership | 88 | $21,569,139 | $238,182 |
| Other disclosed roles | 149 | $19,952,180 | $124,798 |
| Digital, data and technology | 94 | $11,392,869 | $114,366 |
| Finance, procurement and audit | 39 | $4,915,721 | $113,329 |
| Human resources, labour relations and total rewards | 30 | $3,746,237 | $122,262 |
| Clinical health | 24 | $2,883,019 | $112,981 |
| Communications, marketing and public affairs | 21 | $2,553,895 | $116,272 |
| Engineering, planning and infrastructure | 17 | $2,051,578 | $117,589 |
| Teaching and school administration | 7 | $912,138 | $129,631 |
| Legal and judiciary | 3 | $475,528 | $151,557 |
Salary-band distribution
Salary bands summarize disclosed salary-paid records only.
| Salary band | Disclosed records | Salary paid |
|---|---|---|
| 100–125k | 649 | $71,445,567 |
| 125–150k | 327 | $44,554,141 |
| 150–200k | 442 | $76,833,330 |
| 200–300k | 494 | $113,804,535 |
| 300–500k | 54 | $19,630,724 |
| 500k+ | 0 | $0 |
Selected disclosed records for this employer
This table shows selected public disclosure records for this employer, sorted by salary paid. Records are shown for context and should be read with source attribution, methodology, and role-family caveats. Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
| Name | Position | Role family | Salary paid | Taxable benefits | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson, Claudia | Professor | Academic and research | $498,075 | $517 | 2025 |
| Farrar, David | Professor | Academic and research | $483,140 | $5,366 | 2025 |
| Tighe, Susan | President and Vice-Chancellor | Executive and senior leadership | $465,621 | $10,752 | 2025 |
| O'Byrne, Paul | Dean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) / Professor | Executive and senior leadership | $463,235 | $9,567 | 2025 |
| Yusuf, Salim | Professor | Academic and research | $451,950 | $795 | 2025 |
| Bhandari, Mohit | Professor | Academic and research | $448,462 | $517 | 2025 |
| Martin, Deborah | Associate Vice-President, Real Estate, Partnerships and Ancillary Operations | Executive and senior leadership | $433,067 | $10,254 | 2025 |
| Steinberg, Gregory | Professor | Academic and research | $433,038 | $517 | 2025 |
| Bhatia, Mick | Professor | Academic and research | $430,325 | $1,897 | 2025 |
| Hassanein, Khaled S | Dean / Professor | Executive and senior leadership | $423,431 | $517 | 2025 |
| Raina, Parminder | Director / Professor | Academic and research | $420,053 | $517 | 2025 |
| Wright, Gerard | Professor | Academic and research | $412,681 | $517 | 2025 |
View up to 100 disclosed records, sorted by salary paid
The expanded table lists up to 100 public disclosure records for this employer. These rows are not individual pages and should not be treated as a standalone judgment about any individual. These are public disclosure rows for this employer. Disclosed records are not necessarily unique full-time employees and should be interpreted with source attribution, methodology, and role-family caveats.
| Name | Position | Role family | Salary paid | Taxable benefits | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson, Claudia | Professor | Academic and research | $498,075 | $517 | 2025 |
| Farrar, David | Professor | Academic and research | $483,140 | $5,366 | 2025 |
| Tighe, Susan | President and Vice-Chancellor | Executive and senior leadership | $465,621 | $10,752 | 2025 |
| O'Byrne, Paul | Dean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) / Professor | Executive and senior leadership | $463,235 | $9,567 | 2025 |
| Yusuf, Salim | Professor | Academic and research | $451,950 | $795 | 2025 |
| Bhandari, Mohit | Professor | Academic and research | $448,462 | $517 | 2025 |
| Martin, Deborah | Associate Vice-President, Real Estate, Partnerships and Ancillary Operations | Executive and senior leadership | $433,067 | $10,254 | 2025 |
| Steinberg, Gregory | Professor | Academic and research | $433,038 | $517 | 2025 |
| Bhatia, Mick | Professor | Academic and research | $430,325 | $1,897 | 2025 |
| Hassanein, Khaled S | Dean / Professor | Executive and senior leadership | $423,431 | $517 | 2025 |
| Raina, Parminder | Director / Professor | Academic and research | $420,053 | $517 | 2025 |
| Wright, Gerard | Professor | Academic and research | $412,681 | $517 | 2025 |
| Mackillop, James | Professor | Academic and research | $408,842 | $517 | 2025 |
| Kelton, John | Professor | Academic and research | $408,284 | $0 | 2025 |
| Mossman, Karen | Professor | Academic and research | $403,510 | $259 | 2025 |
| Mikrogianakis, Angelo | Professor | Academic and research | $385,523 | $517 | 2025 |
| Fazilat, Saher | Vice-President, Operations and Finance | Executive and senior leadership | $384,900 | $26,798 | 2025 |
| Brooks, Dina | Professor | Academic and research | $383,184 | $517 | 2025 |
| Hurley, Jeremiah Edward | Dean / Professor | Executive and senior leadership | $378,328 | $517 | 2025 |
| Kaushic, Charu | Professor | Academic and research | $376,140 | $517 | 2025 |
| Giroux, Henry Armand | Professor | Academic and research | $375,167 | $0 | 2025 |
| Singh, Sheila | Professor | Academic and research | $372,005 | $517 | 2025 |
| Baumann, Margaret Andrea | Professor | Academic and research | $367,859 | $0 | 2025 |
| Paul, James | Professor | Academic and research | $356,127 | $517 | 2025 |
| Macdonald, Maureen J | Provost and Vice-President (Academic) | Executive and senior leadership | $353,194 | $5,535 | 2025 |
| Emadi, Ali | Professor | Academic and research | $349,058 | $517 | 2025 |
| Sheardown, Heather | Professor / Dean | Executive and senior leadership | $348,467 | $517 | 2025 |
| Knights, Andrew | Professor / Associate Vice-President Research | Executive and senior leadership | $345,545 | $5,568 | 2025 |
| Litwin, Lili | Vice-President University Advancement | Executive and senior leadership | $344,485 | $26,777 | 2025 |
| Chaimowitz, Gary Andrew | Professor | Academic and research | $340,553 | $474 | 2025 |
| Balvers, Ronald | Professor / Endowed Chair / Area Chair | Academic and research | $339,207 | $517 | 2025 |
| Gabel, Chelsea | Professor | Academic and research | $338,881 | $517 | 2025 |
| Head, Milena | Professor / Director / Endowed Chair | Academic and research | $335,657 | $517 | 2025 |
| Anand, Sonia | Associate Vice-President / Professor | Executive and senior leadership | $327,338 | $517 | 2025 |
| Coombes, Brian | Professor | Academic and research | $322,480 | $517 | 2025 |
| Bramson, Jonathan | Professor | Academic and research | $321,998 | $532 | 2025 |
| Racine, Jeffrey | Professor | Academic and research | $321,850 | $517 | 2025 |
| Maheu, John | Professor / Distinguished Research Professor | Academic and research | $320,396 | $517 | 2025 |
| Parlar, Mahmut | Professor / Distinguished Research Professor | Academic and research | $320,158 | $0 | 2025 |
| Mascher, Peter | Professor | Academic and research | $319,597 | $474 | 2025 |
| Parise, Gianni | Vice-President Research / Dean | Executive and senior leadership | $319,312 | $5,535 | 2025 |
| Brown, Eric | Professor | Academic and research | $315,293 | $517 | 2025 |
| Iorio, Alfonso | Professor | Academic and research | $313,218 | $517 | 2025 |
| Surette, Michael | Professor | Academic and research | $311,390 | $517 | 2025 |
| Ahmed, Omer | Associate Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer | Executive and senior leadership | $308,685 | $26,783 | 2025 |
| McKenna, Wanda | Associate Vice-President and Chief Human Resources Office | Executive and senior leadership | $308,685 | $10,538 | 2025 |
| Van Koughnett, Sean | Associate Vice-President Student and Dean of Students | Executive and senior leadership | $308,685 | $26,783 | 2025 |
| Swett, Pamela E | Professor / Dean | Executive and senior leadership | $308,020 | $517 | 2025 |
| Carroll, Sandra | Professor | Academic and research | $307,706 | $517 | 2025 |
| Cook, Deborah | Professor | Academic and research | $306,927 | $517 | 2025 |
| Hackett, Rick | Professor | Academic and research | $303,737 | $474 | 2025 |
| Dunn, James | Professor / Associate Dean / Director | Executive and senior leadership | $303,154 | $517 | 2025 |
| Poinar, Hendrik | Professor | Academic and research | $302,730 | $517 | 2025 |
| Chaudhary, Varun | Professor | Academic and research | $301,372 | $517 | 2025 |
| Preston, John Stewart | Professor / Strategic Advisor / Associate Vice-President | Executive and senior leadership | $298,368 | $687 | 2025 |
| Davis, Brent | University Counsel | Other disclosed roles | $297,252 | $10,505 | 2025 |
| Kamarah, Ehab | Associate Vice-President and Chief Facilities Officer | Executive and senior leadership | $297,252 | $26,802 | 2025 |
| Ibhawoh, Bonny | Professor / Vice-Provost (International Affairs) | Executive and senior leadership | $296,965 | $517 | 2025 |
| Bhattacharya, Janok | Professor / Director | Academic and research | $296,372 | $517 | 2025 |
| Sibbald, Matthew | Associate Professor / Instructional Assistant | Academic and research | $295,147 | $517 | 2025 |
| McCracken, Susan | Professor / Area Chair | Academic and research | $294,124 | $517 | 2025 |
| Gray, Gayleen | Associate Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer | Executive and senior leadership | $292,013 | $26,733 | 2025 |
| Danielova, Anna | Associate Professor | Academic and research | $291,127 | $517 | 2025 |
| Malinova, Ekaterina | Associate Professor / Chair / Director | Academic and research | $290,380 | $517 | 2025 |
| Currie, Cameron | Professor | Academic and research | $288,896 | $5,193 | 2025 |
| Cordovani, Daniel | Associate Professor | Academic and research | $287,223 | $517 | 2025 |
| Honig, Benson | Professor / Director / Distinguished Research Professor | Academic and research | $287,008 | $0 | 2025 |
| Ryder, Marvin George | Associate Professor / Area Chair | Academic and research | $286,942 | $517 | 2025 |
| Trainor, Laurel | Professor / Director | Academic and research | $285,430 | $474 | 2025 |
| Bennett, Patrick | Professor | Academic and research | $283,582 | $517 | 2025 |
| Deen, Jamal | Professor | Academic and research | $283,571 | $0 | 2025 |
| Arnold, Donald | Professor | Academic and research | $283,494 | $517 | 2025 |
| Gaulin, Bruce D | Professor | Academic and research | $282,962 | $687 | 2025 |
| Hranilovic, Steve | Professor / Vice-Provost and Dean Of Graduate Studies | Executive and senior leadership | $281,540 | $517 | 2025 |
| Connelly, Catherine | Professor / Director / Distinguished Research Professor | Academic and research | $281,363 | $517 | 2025 |
| Sweetman, Lennox Arthur | Professor | Academic and research | $280,680 | $517 | 2025 |
| Kleiman, Rafael | Canada Research Chair / Professor / Department Chair | Academic and research | $280,242 | $517 | 2025 |
| Giroux, Susan | Professor | Academic and research | $275,210 | $517 | 2025 |
| Brennan, John D | Professor / Canada Research Chair / Director | Academic and research | $274,156 | $517 | 2025 |
| Newbold, K Bruce | Professor / Associate Dean / Dean | Executive and senior leadership | $274,154 | $517 | 2025 |
| Reid, Erin | Canada Research Chair Tier II / Professor | Academic and research | $274,102 | $2,855 | 2025 |
| Whitlock, Richard | Professor | Academic and research | $273,370 | $517 | 2025 |
| Hassini, Elkafi | Professor / Associate Dean | Executive and senior leadership | $273,360 | $517 | 2025 |
| York, Lorraine | Professor | Academic and research | $273,144 | $687 | 2025 |
| Berson, Yair | Professor / Distinguished Research Professor | Academic and research | $272,641 | $517 | 2025 |
| Veall, Michael Robert | Professor / Director | Academic and research | $272,527 | $0 | 2025 |
| Bontis, Nick | Associate Professor / Area Chair | Academic and research | $271,743 | $517 | 2025 |
| Verma, Manish | Associate Professor / Associate Dean / Director | Executive and senior leadership | $271,652 | $517 | 2025 |
| Doyle, Thomas | Associate Professor | Academic and research | $271,636 | $517 | 2025 |
| Crowther, Mark | Professor | Academic and research | $271,510 | $517 | 2025 |
| Sawyer, Eric | Professor | Academic and research | $270,545 | $0 | 2025 |
| Neufeld, Karin | Professor | Academic and research | $269,368 | $517 | 2025 |
| Obhi, Sukhvinder | Professor / Associate Vice-President | Executive and senior leadership | $269,322 | $2,855 | 2025 |
| Lavis, John | Professor | Academic and research | $267,891 | $517 | 2025 |
| Lewis, Vivian | University Librarian | Academic and research | $267,043 | $10,409 | 2025 |
| Chamberlain, Trevor William | Professor | Academic and research | $266,758 | $0 | 2025 |
| Hildebrandt, Niko | Professor | Academic and research | $266,075 | $517 | 2025 |
| Grasselli, Matheus Da Rocha | Deputy Provost / Professor | Executive and senior leadership | $265,178 | $517 | 2025 |
| Busse, Jason Walter | Professor | Academic and research | $264,766 | $517 | 2025 |
| Hanna, Steven Edward | Professor | Academic and research | $264,508 | $517 | 2025 |
Source, methodology, and corrections
This profile is based on Ontario’s 2025 public salary disclosure source data as processed for public-interest analysis. Review source attribution, methodology, and correction options before relying on any single figure.
Employer profile questions and answers
Are disclosed records the same as employees?
No. Disclosed records are public disclosure rows and are not necessarily unique full-time employees.
Is role family an official Ontario field?
No. Role family is a platform-generated heuristic based on position title and is not an official Ontario field.
Where can corrections or privacy concerns be raised?
Use the corrections / privacy review page linked from this profile to raise spelling, classification, context, or privacy concerns.