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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Amber Metham

Associate Director, Research Contracts · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$153,889.77
▲ 52.8% since 2017

Amber Metham was paid $153,889.77 in total compensation as Associate Director, Research Contracts at McMaster University in 2025, 54% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Amber Metham has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $123,088.00 a year, up 53% over that span.

That is 7% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$153,889.77
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$123,088.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+52.8%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$91K$108K$126K$143K$160K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Amber Metham's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $153,889.77
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$123,088.00
Total growth since 2017+52.8%
Biggest raise+11.4% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Director, Research Contracts$153,889.77▲ 11.4%
2024
Associate Director, Research Contracts$138,116.86▲ 6.3%
2023
$129,940.81▲ 3.7%
2022
Assistant Director, Research Contracts$125,261.59▲ 2.6%
2021
Assistant Director, Research Contracts$122,143.96▲ 0.4%
2020
Assistant Director, Research Contracts↑ role changed$121,642.39▲ 8.9%
2019
Associate Director, Research Contracts↑ role changed$111,690.16▲ 7.0%
2018
Assistant Director, Research Contracts$104,414.35▲ 3.7%
2017First
Assistant Director, Research Contracts$100,694.15
9 years total$1.1M total$123,088.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Director, Research Contracts
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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