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On the 2024 Sunshine List · 15 years

Geoff Tierney

Chief Negotiator · McMaster University
Chief NegotiatorOntarioFirst listed 2009
2024 Total Compensation Paid
$149,829.00
▲ 44.8% since 2009

Geoff Tierney was paid $149,829.00 in total compensation as Chief Negotiator at McMaster University in 2024, 50% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Geoff Tierney has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 15 times since 2009, earning $2.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $150,381.00 a year, up 45% over that span.

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

$149,829.00
Latest compensation
in 2024
$2.3M
Total compensation
across 15 years
$150,381.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+44.8%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

15 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$82K$121K$161K$200K$239K200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222024
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Geoff Tierney's total compensation has moved across 15 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2022 · $224,846.10
Lifetime total compensation$2.3M
Annual average$150,381.00
Total growth since 2009+44.8%
Biggest raise+66.7% (2022)
Biggest drop-46.4% (2017)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

15 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2024Latest
Chief Negotiator$149,829.00▼ 33.4%
2022★ Best
Chief Negotiator$224,846.10▲ 66.7%
2021
Chief Negotiator$134,846.10▼ 10.8%
2020
Chief Negotiator$151,170.55▲ 8.1%
2019
Chief Negotiator$139,880.30▲ 33.4%
2018
Chief Negotiator$104,880.30▲ 0.0%
2017
Chief Negotiator$104,880.30▼ 46.4%
2016
Chief Negotiator↑ role changed$195,536.55▲ 8.1%
2015
University Counsel and Director, Employee/Labour Relations↑ role changed$180,868.48▼ 2.1%
2014
University Counsel and Director, Employee / Labour Relations↑ role changed$184,739.54▲ 18.1%
2013
University Counsel and Director, Employee/Labour Relations↑ role changed$156,366.69▼ 2.7%
2012
University Counsel & Director, Employee/Labour Relations↑ role changed$160,778.12▲ 9.4%
2011
University Counsel and Director, Employee & Labour Relations↑ role changed$146,979.13▲ 26.0%
2010
Counsel, Legal Services & Team Lead, Employee & Labour Relations↑ role changed$116,637.56▲ 12.7%
2009First
Senior Labour Relations Advisor$103,469.89
15 years total$2.3M total$150,381.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Employee details

Position
Chief Negotiator
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2024
Years on list
15

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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