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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Drew Higgins

Associate Professor · McMaster University
Associate ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$181,773.63
▲ 79.1% since 2019

Drew Higgins was paid $181,773.63 in total compensation as Associate Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 82% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Drew Higgins has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2019, earning $862K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $143,628.00 a year, up 79% over that span.

That is 10% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$181,773.63
Latest compensation
in 2025
$862K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$143,628.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+79.1%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$87K$113K$139K$165K$191K201920212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $181,773.63
Lifetime total compensation$862K
Annual average$143,628.00
Total growth since 2019+79.1%
Biggest raise+18.6% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Professor↑ role changed$181,773.63▲ 5.2%
2024
Assistant Professor$172,800.84▲ 14.4%
2023
$151,007.73▲ 9.3%
2022
Assistant Professor$138,209.95▲ 18.6%
2021
Assistant Professor$116,493.76▲ 14.8%
2019First
Assistant Professor$101,480.15
6 years total$862K total$143,628.00 avg
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The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Associate Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
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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