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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Jeffery Donaldson

Professor · McMaster University
ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2015
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$226,272.57
▲ 43.2% since 2015

Jeffery Donaldson was paid $226,272.57 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 126% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Jeffery Donaldson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2015, earning $1.8M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $201,392.00 a year, up 43% over that span.

That is 36% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$226,272.57
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.8M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$201,392.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+43.2%
Career growth
since 2015
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$146K$168K$190K$212K$234K201520182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Jeffery Donaldson's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $226,272.57
Lifetime total compensation$1.8M
Annual average$201,392.00
Total growth since 2015+43.2%
Biggest raise+14.9% (2018)
Biggest drop-1.9% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Professor$226,272.57▲ 9.5%
2024
Professor$206,719.12▼ 1.5%
2023
$209,840.05▼ 1.9%
2022
Professor$213,840.50▲ 2.5%
2021
Professor$208,555.66▼ 1.2%
2020
Professor$211,113.18▲ 7.4%
2019
Professor$196,594.02▲ 8.3%
2018
Professor$181,590.70▲ 14.9%
2015First
Professor$158,000.29
9 years total$1.8M total$201,392.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2015
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

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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