Brian Coombes was paid $322,996.95 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 223% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Brian Coombes has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $3.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $208,450.00 a year, up 179% over that span.
That is 95% 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 Brian Coombes'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 | $322,996.95 | ▲ 4.7% |
2024 | $308,401.84 | ▲ 1.9% |
2023 | $302,521.23 | ▲ 9.5% |
2022 | $276,274.93 | ▲ 13.1% |
2021 | $244,313.38 | ▲ 3.6% |
2020 | $235,861.73 | ▲ 3.5% |
2019 | $227,872.39 | ▲ 3.0% |
2018 | $221,244.10 | ▲ 12.2% |
2017 | $197,266.19 | ▲ 11.3% |
2016 | $177,240.37 | ▲ 1.1% |
2015 | $175,253.90 | ▲ 8.9% |
2014 | $160,959.78 | ▲ 4.0% |
2013 | $154,834.52 | ▲ 4.3% |
2012 | $148,386.72 | ▲ 3.2% |
2011 | $143,743.25 | ▲ 9.9% |
2010 | $130,853.33 | ▲ 13.2% |
2009First | $115,618.75 | — |
| 17 years total | $3.5M total | $208,450.00 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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