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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 16 years

Kathy Charters

Associate Vice-President Research Administration · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$260,412.09
▲ 126.6% since 2010

Kathy Charters was paid $260,412.09 in total compensation as Associate Vice-President Research Administration at McMaster University in 2025, 160% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Kathy Charters has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 16 times since 2010, earning $2.9M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $181,848.00 a year, up 127% over that span.

That is 57% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$260,412.09
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.9M
Total compensation
across 16 years
$181,848.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+126.6%
Career growth
since 2010
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FIG. 01

16 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$89K$136K$183K$231K$278K2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Kathy Charters's total compensation has moved across 16 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $260,412.09
Lifetime total compensation$2.9M
Annual average$181,848.00
Total growth since 2010+126.6%
Biggest raise+23.0% (2022)
Biggest drop-13.9% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

16 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Vice-President Research Administration↑ role changed$260,412.09▲ 4.8%
2024
Assistant Vice President Research Administration$248,499.04▲ 3.9%
2023
$239,266.07▼ 1.3%
2022
Assistant Vice-President Research Administration↑ role changed$242,368.46▲ 23.0%
2021
Assistant Vice-President, Research Administration$197,040.55▼ 13.9%
2020
Assistant Vice-President, Research Administration$228,946.18▲ 9.2%
2019
Assistant Vice-President, Research Administration$209,701.48▲ 16.5%
2018
Assistant Vice-President, Research Administration$179,971.37▲ 9.9%
2017
Assistant Vice-President, Research Administration↑ role changed$163,805.28▲ 8.5%
2016
Special Advisor And Executive Director↑ role changed$150,976.28▲ 3.5%
2015
Special Advisor and Executive Director$145,929.20▲ 3.5%
2014
Special Advisor and Executive Director$141,023.37▲ 4.1%
2013
Special Advisor and Executive Director↑ role changed$135,482.12▲ 4.9%
2012
Special Advisor & Executive Director$129,173.72▲ 5.8%
2011
Special Advisor & Executive Director$122,056.64▲ 6.2%
2010First
Special Advisor & Executive Director$114,921.36
16 years total$2.9M total$181,848.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Vice-President Research Administration
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2010
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
16

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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