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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 12 years

Daniel Shun Chung Yang

Professor · McMaster University
ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2009
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$153,643.02
▲ 21.7% since 2009

Daniel Shun Chung Yang was paid $153,643.02 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 54% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Daniel Shun Chung Yang has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 12 times since 2009, earning $1.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $145,557.00 a year, up 22% over that span.

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

$153,643.02
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.7M
Total compensation
across 12 years
$145,557.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+21.7%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

12 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$119K$132K$145K$158K$171K200920102011201220132014201620172022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Daniel Shun Chung Yang's total compensation has moved across 12 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2017 · $166,036.32
Lifetime total compensation$1.7M
Annual average$145,557.00
Total growth since 2009+21.7%
Biggest raise+7.5% (2016)
Biggest drop-14.4% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

12 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Professor$153,643.02▲ 4.3%
2024
Professor$147,257.48▲ 2.2%
2023
$144,114.11▲ 1.4%
2022
Professor$142,180.50▼ 14.4%
2017★ Best
Professor$166,036.32▲ 3.6%
2016
Professor$160,258.29▲ 7.5%
2014
Professor$149,080.24▲ 2.1%
2013
Professor$145,996.97▲ 2.7%
2012
Professor$142,192.09▲ 3.4%
2011
Professor$137,565.31▲ 4.1%
2010
Professor$132,156.63▲ 4.7%
2009First
Professor$126,204.90
12 years total$1.7M total$145,557.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Professor
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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