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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 12 years

Janok Bhattacharya

Professor / Director · McMaster University
Professor / DirectorOntarioFirst listed 2014
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$296,889.65
▲ 53.9% since 2014

Janok Bhattacharya was paid $296,889.65 in total compensation as Professor / Director at McMaster University in 2025, 197% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Janok Bhattacharya has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 12 times since 2014, earning $2.9M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $238,143.00 a year, up 54% over that span.

That is 79% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$296,889.65
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.9M
Total compensation
across 12 years
$238,143.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+53.9%
Career growth
since 2014
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FIG. 01

12 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$174K$208K$242K$276K$309K201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Janok Bhattacharya's total compensation has moved across 12 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $296,889.65
Lifetime total compensation$2.9M
Annual average$238,143.00
Total growth since 2014+53.9%
Biggest raise+8.5% (2025)
Biggest drop-2.4% (2019)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

12 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Professor / Director↑ role changed$296,889.65▲ 8.5%
2024
Director / Professor$273,675.49▲ 4.7%
2023
$261,475.07▲ 4.5%
2022
Professor$250,138.03▲ 2.8%
2021
Professor$243,296.67▲ 3.1%
2020
Professor↑ role changed$236,075.93▲ 2.2%
2019
Professor / Associate Director↑ role changed$231,005.94▼ 2.4%
2018
Associate Director/Professor↑ role changed$236,607.56▲ 6.3%
2017
Director / Professor / Chair↑ role changed$222,487.74▲ 7.9%
2016
Professor / Chair↑ role changed$206,234.07▼ 0.4%
2015
Professor/Chair↑ role changed$206,974.83▲ 7.3%
2014First
Professor / Chair / Associate Director$192,856.15
12 years total$2.9M total$238,143.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Employee details

Position
Professor / Director
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2014
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
12

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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