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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 4 years

Kirsten Bell

Assistant Professor · McMaster University
Assistant ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2022
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$135,270.11
▲ 19.4% since 2022

Kirsten Bell was paid $135,270.11 in total compensation as Assistant Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 35% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Kirsten Bell has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2022, earning $476K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $118,929.00 a year, up 19% over that span.

That is 18% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$135,270.11
Latest compensation
in 2025
$476K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$118,929.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+19.4%
Career growth
since 2022
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$101K$110K$120K$129K$139K2022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Kirsten Bell's total compensation has moved across 4 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $135,270.11
Lifetime total compensation$476K
Annual average$118,929.00
Total growth since 2022+19.4%
Biggest raise+14.1% (2024)
Biggest drop-6.3% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Assistant Professor$135,270.11▲ 11.8%
2024
Assistant Professor$121,030.41▲ 14.1%
2023
$106,113.89▼ 6.3%
2022First
Assistant Professor$113,303.06
4 years total$476K total$118,929.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Assistant Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2022
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
4

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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