Karen Saperson was paid $179,749.08 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 80% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Karen Saperson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $4.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $241,988.00 a year, down 19% over that span.
That is 8% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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17 years on the list
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The career in numbers
Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.
A career, year by year.
How Karen Saperson's total compensation has moved across 17 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
17 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest | $179,749.08 | ▼ 2.2% |
2024 | $183,728.41 | ▼ 5.2% |
2023 | $193,763.29 | ▼ 0.9% |
2022 | $195,436.14 | ▼ 7.0% |
2021 | $210,152.84 | ▼ 9.1% |
2020 | $231,075.75 | ▼ 11.4% |
2019 | $260,729.10 | ▲ 2.2% |
2018 | $255,075.99 | ▲ 1.6% |
2017 | $251,128.03 | ▼ 1.4% |
2016 | $254,771.37 | ▼ 14.1% |
2015 | $296,584.02 | ▲ 3.3% |
2014 | $287,117.35 | ▼ 3.8% |
2013★ Best | $298,323.74 | ▲ 3.0% |
2012 | $289,678.86 | ▲ 9.0% |
2011 | $265,675.25 | ▲ 10.9% |
2010 | $239,460.75 | ▲ 8.2% |
2009First | $221,354.43 | — |
| 17 years total | $4.1M total | $241,988.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
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