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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Chris Ling

Assistant Professor · McMaster University
Assistant ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2020
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$170,453.12
▲ 29.9% since 2020

Chris Ling was paid $170,453.12 in total compensation as Assistant Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 70% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Chris Ling has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $877K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $146,121.00 a year, up 30% over that span.

That is 3% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$170,453.12
Latest compensation
in 2025
$877K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$146,121.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+29.9%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$124K$137K$150K$162K$175K202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Chris Ling's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $170,453.12
Lifetime total compensation$877K
Annual average$146,121.00
Total growth since 2020+29.9%
Biggest raise+8.1% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Assistant Professor$170,453.12▲ 7.7%
2024
Assistant Professor$158,280.99▲ 6.8%
2023
$148,247.82▲ 8.1%
2022
Assistant Professor$137,087.90▲ 4.3%
2021
Assistant Professor$131,411.44▲ 0.1%
2020First
Assistant Professor$131,244.17
6 years total$877K total$146,121.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Assistant Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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