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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Karen Mcassey

Associate Professor / Instructional Assistant · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$146,463.60
▼ 2.0% since 2019

Karen Mcassey was paid $146,463.60 in total compensation as Associate Professor / Instructional Assistant at McMaster University in 2025, 46% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Karen Mcassey has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2019, earning $892K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $148,728.00 a year, down 2% over that span.

That is 12% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$146,463.60
Latest compensation
in 2025
$892K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$148,728.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-2.0%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$113K$135K$156K$177K$198K201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Karen Mcassey's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2020 · $190,554.07
Lifetime total compensation$892K
Annual average$148,728.00
Total growth since 2019-2.0%
Biggest raise+27.5% (2020)
Biggest drop-23.6% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Associate Professor / Instructional Assistant$146,463.60▲ 17.1%
2024
Associate Professor / Instructional Assistant$125,067.04▼ 7.6%
2022
Associate Professor / Instructional Assistant$135,325.76▼ 7.0%
2021
Associate Professor / Instructional Assistant↑ role changed$145,552.24▼ 23.6%
2020★ Best
Associate Professor$190,554.07▲ 27.5%
2019First
Associate Professor$149,403.04
6 years total$892K total$148,728.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor / Instructional Assistant
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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