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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 7 years

Karen Kidd

Professor · McMaster University
ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2018
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$250,526.40
▲ 27.1% since 2018

Karen Kidd was paid $250,526.40 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 151% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Karen Kidd has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2018, earning $1.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $219,867.00 a year, up 27% over that span.

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

$250,526.40
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.5M
Total compensation
across 7 years
$219,867.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+27.1%
Career growth
since 2018
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$187K$205K$222K$240K$257K2018201920212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Karen Kidd's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $250,526.40
Lifetime total compensation$1.5M
Annual average$219,867.00
Total growth since 2018+27.1%
Biggest raise+8.8% (2024)
Biggest drop-2.0% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Professor$250,526.40▲ 5.2%
2024
Professor$238,121.74▲ 8.8%
2023
$218,936.29▲ 2.7%
2022
Professor$213,201.85▼ 2.0%
2021
Professor$217,663.52▲ 6.9%
2019
Professor$203,570.45▲ 3.3%
2018First
Professor$197,050.94
7 years total$1.5M total$219,867.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2018
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
7

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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