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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Karen Robson

Professor / Department Chair · McMaster University
Professor / Department ChairOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$196,770.52
▲ 37.7% since 2017

Karen Robson was paid $196,770.52 in total compensation as Professor / Department Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 97% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Karen Robson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $168,454.00 a year, up 38% over that span.

That is 19% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$196,770.52
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.5M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$168,454.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+37.7%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$133K$151K$168K$186K$203K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Karen Robson's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $196,770.52
Lifetime total compensation$1.5M
Annual average$168,454.00
Total growth since 2017+37.7%
Biggest raise+9.4% (2022)
Biggest drop-0.9% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Professor / Department Chair↑ role changed$196,770.52▲ 0.9%
2024
Department Chair / Professor$194,966.68▲ 6.4%
2023
$183,272.65▲ 3.7%
2022
Associate Professor$176,787.78▲ 9.4%
2021
Associate Professor$161,529.58▲ 4.5%
2020
Associate Professor$154,616.28▼ 0.9%
2019
Associate Professor$155,989.41▲ 4.5%
2018
Associate Professor$149,299.47▲ 4.5%
2017First
Associate Professor$142,851.04
9 years total$1.5M total$168,454.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Professor / Department Chair
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

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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