Gu Xu was paid $107,347.18 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 7% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Gu Xu has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $2.8M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $162,732.00 a year, down 18% over that span.
That is 35% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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17 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Gu Xu's total compensation has moved across 17 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
17 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest | $107,347.18 | ▼ 47.0% |
2024★ Best | $202,679.15 | ▲ 2.3% |
2023 | $198,133.40 | ▲ 2.0% |
2022 | $194,220.90 | ▲ 7.8% |
2021 | $180,209.76 | ▼ 2.1% |
2020 | $184,110.00 | ▲ 2.5% |
2019 | $179,648.63 | ▲ 2.6% |
2018 | $175,053.77 | ▲ 8.1% |
2017 | $161,957.53 | ▼ 2.3% |
2016 | $165,818.76 | ▼ 0.4% |
2015 | $166,428.23 | ▲ 12.5% |
2014 | $147,881.86 | ▼ 2.6% |
2013 | $151,787.42 | ▲ 2.8% |
2012 | $147,605.22 | ▲ 3.6% |
2011 | $142,522.14 | ▲ 9.3% |
2010 | $130,432.89 | ▼ 0.1% |
2009First | $130,600.71 | — |
| 17 years total | $2.8M total | $162,732.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
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