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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 7 years

Derek Cappon

Director, Reactor Operations and Maintenance / Sessional Faculty · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$192,710.79
▲ 69.1% since 2018

Derek Cappon was paid $192,710.79 in total compensation as Director, Reactor Operations and Maintenance / Sessional Faculty at McMaster University in 2025, 93% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Derek Cappon has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2018, earning $988K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $141,130.00 a year, up 69% over that span.

That is 16% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$192,710.79
Latest compensation
in 2025
$988K
Total compensation
across 7 years
$141,130.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+69.1%
Career growth
since 2018
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$100K$125K$151K$177K$202K2018201920212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $192,710.79
Lifetime total compensation$988K
Annual average$141,130.00
Total growth since 2018+69.1%
Biggest raise+28.6% (2023)
Biggest drop-6.2% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Director, Reactor Operations and Maintenance / Sessional Faculty$192,710.79▲ 26.3%
2024
Director, Reactor Operations and Maintenance / Sessional Faculty$152,576.68▼ 6.2%
2023
$162,626.76▲ 28.6%
2022
Health Physicist / Sessional Faculty$126,499.72▲ 3.2%
2021
Health Physicist / Sessional Faculty↑ role changed$122,530.82▲ 4.7%
2019
Health Physicist / Lecturer↑ role changed$117,019.66▲ 2.7%
2018First
Health Physicist$113,944.00
7 years total$988K total$141,130.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Director, Reactor Operations and Maintenance / Sessional Faculty
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2018
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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