Hongjin Zhu was paid $203,930.83 in total compensation as Associate Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 104% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Hongjin Zhu has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 16 times since 2010, earning $2.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $169,520.00 a year, up 65% over that span.
That is 23% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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16 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Hongjin Zhu's total compensation has moved across 16 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
16 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $203,930.83 | ▲ 4.9% |
2024 | $194,478.24 | ▼ 2.1% |
2023 | $198,705.03 | ▲ 2.7% |
2022 | $193,445.11 | ▲ 2.8% |
2021 | $188,140.64 | ▲ 2.8% |
2020 | $183,094.59 | ▲ 1.0% |
2019 | $181,214.00 | ▲ 4.5% |
2018 | $173,353.11 | ▲ 3.9% |
2017 | $166,916.90 | ▼ 7.5% |
2016 | $180,379.14 | ▲ 15.0% |
2015 | $156,797.03 | ▲ 2.3% |
2014 | $153,345.05 | ▲ 9.5% |
2013 | $139,994.32 | ▲ 3.3% |
2012 | $135,568.92 | ▼ 2.9% |
2011 | $139,681.54 | ▲ 13.3% |
2010First | $123,268.79 | — |
| 16 years total | $2.7M total | $169,520.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2010
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 16
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