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On the 2022 Sunshine List · 4 years

Despina J Nifakis

Clinic Director · McMaster University
Clinic DirectorOntarioFirst listed 2017
2022 Total Compensation Paid
$177,754.88
▲ 10.0% since 2017

Despina J Nifakis was paid $177,754.88 in total compensation as Clinic Director at McMaster University in 2022, 78% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Despina J Nifakis has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2017, earning $709K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $177,251.00 a year, up 10% over that span.

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

$177,754.88
Latest compensation
in 2022
$709K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$177,251.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+10.0%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$157K$165K$173K$181K$188K2017202020212022
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Despina J Nifakis's total compensation has moved across 4 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2020 · $185,481.23
Lifetime total compensation$709K
Annual average$177,251.00
Total growth since 2017+10.0%
Biggest raise+14.8% (2020)
Biggest drop-3.5% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2022Latest
Clinic Director$177,754.88▼ 3.5%
2021
Clinic Director↑ role changed$184,208.64▼ 0.7%
2020★ Best
Clinic Director / Associate Clinic Professor↑ role changed$185,481.23▲ 14.8%
2017First
Clinic Director$161,558.19
4 years total$709K total$177,251.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Clinic Director
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2022
Years on list
4

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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