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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 12 years

Brian Baetz

DirectorOntarioFirst listed 2009
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$109,999.76
▼ 26.9% since 2009

Brian Baetz was paid $109,999.76 in total compensation as Director at McMaster University in 2025, 10% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Brian Baetz has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 12 times since 2009, earning $2.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $173,150.00 a year, down 27% over that span.

That is 34% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$109,999.76
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.1M
Total compensation
across 12 years
$173,150.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-26.9%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

12 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$90K$126K$162K$198K$234K200920102011201220132014201520162017201820242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Brian Baetz's total compensation has moved across 12 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2017 · $221,016.20
Lifetime total compensation$2.1M
Annual average$173,150.00
Total growth since 2009-26.9%
Biggest raise+22.9% (2010)
Biggest drop-39.9% (2018)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

12 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Director$109,999.76▲ 0.0%
2024
Director↑ role changed$109,999.76▼ 17.2%
2018
Professor Emeritus↑ role changed$132,823.35▼ 39.9%
2017★ Best
Professor↑ role changed$221,016.20▲ 8.1%
2016
Professor / Department Chair↑ role changed$204,426.09▲ 1.9%
2015
Professor/Department Chair↑ role changed$200,650.53▲ 2.0%
2014
Professor / Department Chair / Director↑ role changed$196,751.85▲ 1.9%
2013
Professor/Department Chair↑ role changed$193,146.59▲ 1.6%
2012
Professor/Director/Department Chair$190,122.45▲ 3.6%
2011
Professor/Director/Department Chair$183,488.12▼ 0.8%
2010
Professor/Director/Department Chair↑ role changed$184,917.94▲ 22.9%
2009First
Professor/Director$150,452.11
12 years total$2.1M total$173,150.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Director
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
12

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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