Karen Gourlay was paid $147,231.67 in total compensation as Director Animal Facilities at McMaster University in 2024, 47% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Karen Gourlay has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 11 times since 2014, earning $1.4M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $123,183.00 a year, up 43% over that span.
That is 11% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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11 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Karen Gourlay's total compensation has moved across 11 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
11 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2024Latest★ Best | $147,231.67 | ▲ 4.5% |
2023 | $140,856.14 | ▲ 2.8% |
2022 | $137,045.20 | ▼ 1.3% |
2021 | $138,793.35 | ▲ 8.9% |
2020 | $127,503.45 | ▲ 6.6% |
2019 | $119,557.09 | ▲ 3.4% |
2018 | $115,662.29 | ▲ 3.4% |
2017 | $111,819.37 | ▲ 3.1% |
2016 | $108,404.68 | ▲ 2.8% |
2015 | $105,426.80 | ▲ 2.6% |
2014First | $102,711.67 | — |
| 11 years total | $1.4M total | $123,183.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Director Animal Facilities
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2014
- Latest disclosure
- 2024
- Years on list
- 11
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