Karen Lynn Bird was paid $225,808.94 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 126% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Karen Lynn Bird has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 11 times since 2009, earning $1.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $158,666.00 a year, up 108% over that span.
That is 36% above 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 Lynn Bird'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 |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $225,808.94 | ▲ 5.1% |
2024 | $214,756.12 | ▲ 3.3% |
2023 | $207,914.82 | ▲ 0.6% |
2022 | $206,703.32 | ▲ 37.5% |
2016 | $150,312.30 | ▲ 8.0% |
2014 | $139,162.48 | ▲ 4.2% |
2013 | $133,499.67 | ▲ 10.0% |
2012 | $121,365.78 | ▼ 0.9% |
2011 | $122,516.44 | ▲ 6.6% |
2010 | $114,904.19 | ▲ 6.0% |
2009First | $108,381.79 | — |
| 11 years total | $1.7M total | $158,666.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 11
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