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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Erica Balch

Associate Director, Marketing and Communications · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$133,390.47
▲ 25.7% since 2020

Erica Balch was paid $133,390.47 in total compensation as Associate Director, Marketing and Communications at McMaster University in 2025, 33% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Erica Balch has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $707K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $117,877.00 a year, up 26% over that span.

That is 20% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$133,390.47
Latest compensation
in 2025
$707K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$117,877.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+25.7%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$101K$110K$119K$128K$137K202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $133,390.47
Lifetime total compensation$707K
Annual average$117,877.00
Total growth since 2020+25.7%
Biggest raise+6.5% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Director, Marketing and Communications$133,390.47▲ 5.8%
2024
Associate Director, Marketing and Communications$126,133.50▲ 4.4%
2023
$120,856.43▲ 6.5%
2022
Associate Director, Marketing and Communications↑ role changed$113,450.15▲ 5.7%
2021
Manager$107,325.30▲ 1.1%
2020First
Manager$106,106.15
6 years total$707K total$117,877.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Associate Director, Marketing and Communications
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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