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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 11 years

Karen Beattie

Research Program Lead · McMaster University
Research Program LeadOntarioFirst listed 2015
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$118,117.90
▲ 2.5% since 2015

Karen Beattie was paid $118,117.90 in total compensation as Research Program Lead at McMaster University in 2025, 18% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Karen Beattie has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 11 times since 2015, earning $1.4M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $129,842.00 a year, up 3% over that span.

That is 29% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$118,117.90
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.4M
Total compensation
across 11 years
$129,842.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+2.5%
Career growth
since 2015
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FIG. 01

11 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$107K$120K$133K$147K$160K20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Karen Beattie's total compensation has moved across 11 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2023 · $155,016.47
Lifetime total compensation$1.4M
Annual average$129,842.00
Total growth since 2015+2.5%
Biggest raise+26.9% (2019)
Biggest drop-26.2% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

11 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Research Program Lead$118,117.90▲ 3.3%
2024
Research Program Lead$114,384.26▼ 26.2%
2023★ Best
$155,016.47▲ 25.9%
2022
Associate Professor$123,133.69▼ 17.4%
2021
Associate Professor$149,160.09▲ 15.2%
2020
Associate Professor$129,441.99▼ 16.2%
2019
Associate Professor$154,436.34▲ 26.9%
2018
Associate Professor$121,661.01▼ 4.4%
2017
Associate Professor↑ role changed$127,289.52▲ 5.7%
2016
Assistant Professor$120,379.44▲ 4.5%
2015First
Assistant Professor$115,236.25
11 years total$1.4M total$129,842.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Research Program Lead
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2015
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
11

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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