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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 15 years

Jim Lyons

Professor · McMaster University
ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2011
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$107,006.50
▲ 0.1% since 2011

Jim Lyons was paid $107,006.50 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 7% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Jim Lyons has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 15 times since 2011, earning $2.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $155,397.00 a year, up 0% over that span.

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

$107,006.50
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.3M
Total compensation
across 15 years
$155,397.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+0.1%
Career growth
since 2011
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FIG. 01

15 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$89K$122K$155K$188K$221K201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $208,772.03
Lifetime total compensation$2.3M
Annual average$155,397.00
Total growth since 2011+0.1%
Biggest raise+10.9% (2018)
Biggest drop-48.7% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

15 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Professor↑ role changed$107,006.50▼ 48.7%
2024★ Best
Department Chair / Director / Professor$208,772.03▲ 8.5%
2023
$192,502.41▲ 6.6%
2022
Professor$180,552.40▼ 1.7%
2021
Professor↑ role changed$183,598.56▲ 1.1%
2020
Professor / Department Chair↑ role changed$181,620.98▲ 4.6%
2019
Professor / Associate Chair↑ role changed$173,554.10▲ 4.1%
2018
Associate Chair/Professor↑ role changed$166,657.85▲ 10.9%
2017
Professor / Associate Chair$150,334.62▼ 1.9%
2016
Professor / Associate Chair↑ role changed$153,239.44▲ 2.4%
2015
Professor/Associate Chair↑ role changed$149,591.86▲ 10.1%
2014
Professor / Associate Chair↑ role changed$135,842.80▲ 7.9%
2013
Professor/Associate Chair↑ role changed$125,900.08▲ 9.6%
2012
Associate Professor/Associate Chair↑ role changed$114,861.47▲ 7.4%
2011First
Associate Professor$106,926.54
15 years total$2.3M total$155,397.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2011
Latest disclosure
2025
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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