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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 7 years

Chitra Venugopal

Manager, Scientific Research and Lab Operations · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$143,479.88
▲ 34.6% since 2019

Chitra Venugopal was paid $143,479.88 in total compensation as Manager, Scientific Research and Lab Operations at McMaster University in 2025, 43% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Chitra Venugopal has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2019, earning $821K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $117,242.00 a year, up 35% over that span.

That is 14% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$143,479.88
Latest compensation
in 2025
$821K
Total compensation
across 7 years
$117,242.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+34.6%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$100K$112K$124K$136K$148K2019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Chitra Venugopal's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $143,479.88
Lifetime total compensation$821K
Annual average$117,242.00
Total growth since 2019+34.6%
Biggest raise+20.2% (2025)
Biggest drop-2.9% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Manager, Scientific Research and Lab Operations$143,479.88▲ 20.2%
2024
Manager, Scientific Research and Lab Operations$119,344.14▲ 2.6%
2023
$116,285.75▲ 3.5%
2022
Research Associate (II)↑ role changed$112,362.21▲ 2.4%
2021
Research Associate$109,689.88▼ 2.9%
2020
Research Associate$112,968.96▲ 6.0%
2019First
Research Associate$106,561.33
7 years total$821K total$117,242.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Manager, Scientific Research and Lab Operations
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
7

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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