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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 16 years

Kai Huang

Professor / Area Chair · McMaster University
Professor / Area ChairOntarioFirst listed 2010
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$249,995.01
▲ 120.8% since 2010

Kai Huang was paid $249,995.01 in total compensation as Professor / Area Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 150% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Kai Huang has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 16 times since 2010, earning $2.6M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $159,941.00 a year, up 121% over that span.

That is 51% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$249,995.01
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.6M
Total compensation
across 16 years
$159,941.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+120.8%
Career growth
since 2010
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FIG. 01

16 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$88K$132K$177K$222K$266K2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Kai Huang's total compensation has moved across 16 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $249,995.01
Lifetime total compensation$2.6M
Annual average$159,941.00
Total growth since 2010+120.8%
Biggest raise+33.1% (2020)
Biggest drop-32.3% (2019)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

16 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Professor / Area Chair↑ role changed$249,995.01▲ 5.8%
2024
Area Chair / Professor$236,342.75▲ 12.9%
2023
$209,415.72▲ 10.4%
2022
Area Chair / Associate Professor↑ role changed$189,754.22▲ 3.9%
2021
Associate Professor$182,699.86▲ 22.0%
2020
Associate Professor$149,776.87▲ 33.1%
2019
Associate Professor$112,491.68▼ 32.3%
2018
Associate Professor$166,044.76▲ 5.8%
2017
Associate Professor$156,895.39▲ 4.9%
2016
Associate Professor$149,501.12▲ 2.0%
2015
Associate Professor↑ role changed$146,569.90▲ 12.0%
2014
Assistant Professor$130,833.77▲ 3.1%
2013
Assistant Professor$126,931.92▲ 3.8%
2012
Assistant Professor$122,285.67▲ 5.1%
2011
Assistant Professor$116,303.59▲ 2.7%
2010First
Assistant Professor$113,215.54
16 years total$2.6M total$159,941.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Professor / Area Chair
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2010
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
16

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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