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On the 2021 Sunshine List · 3 years

Karen L Bird

Professor / Department Chair · McMaster University
2021 Total Compensation Paid
$204,719.53
▲ 20.3% since 2017

Karen L Bird was paid $204,719.53 in total compensation as Professor / Department Chair at McMaster University in 2021, 105% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Karen L Bird has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 3 times since 2017, earning $572K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $190,764.00 a year, up 20% over that span.

That is 23% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$204,719.53
Latest compensation
in 2021
$572K
Total compensation
across 3 years
$190,764.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+20.3%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

3 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$164K$175K$186K$198K$209K201720202021
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Karen L Bird's total compensation has moved across 3 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2021 · $204,719.53
Lifetime total compensation$572K
Annual average$190,764.00
Total growth since 2017+20.3%
Biggest raise+16.0% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

3 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2021Latest★ Best
Professor / Department Chair$204,719.53▲ 3.7%
2020
Professor / Department Chair$197,395.13▲ 16.0%
2017First
Professor / Department Chair$170,176.65
3 years total$572K total$190,764.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Professor / Department Chair
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2021
Years on list
3

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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