Alan Chen was paid $207,838.72 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 108% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Alan Chen has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $2.6M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $154,788.00 a year, up 95% over that span.
That is 25% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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17 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Alan Chen's total compensation has moved across 17 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
17 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $207,838.72 | ▲ 5.4% |
2024 | $197,177.54 | ▲ 8.4% |
2023 | $181,966.54 | ▲ 2.4% |
2022 | $177,691.03 | ▼ 1.9% |
2021 | $181,091.57 | ▲ 3.5% |
2020 | $174,923.66 | ▲ 3.4% |
2019 | $169,140.86 | ▲ 4.0% |
2018 | $162,640.07 | ▲ 4.0% |
2017 | $156,345.56 | ▲ 9.5% |
2016 | $142,722.13 | ▲ 1.3% |
2015 | $140,897.91 | ▲ 3.1% |
2014 | $136,697.79 | ▲ 3.8% |
2013 | $131,716.47 | ▲ 3.6% |
2012 | $127,098.88 | ▲ 4.2% |
2011 | $121,944.80 | ▲ 6.2% |
2010 | $114,790.06 | ▲ 7.6% |
2009First | $106,709.99 | — |
| 17 years total | $2.6M total | $154,788.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
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