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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Kristen Burrows

Instructional Assistant · McMaster University
Instructional AssistantOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$149,275.12
▲ 40.6% since 2017

Kristen Burrows was paid $149,275.12 in total compensation as Instructional Assistant at McMaster University in 2025, 49% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Kristen Burrows has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $130,281.00 a year, up 41% over that span.

That is 10% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$149,275.12
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$130,281.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+40.6%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$87K$111K$135K$159K$183K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $173,717.88
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$130,281.00
Total growth since 2017+40.6%
Biggest raise+39.9% (2024)
Biggest drop-14.1% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Instructional Assistant$149,275.12▼ 14.1%
2024★ Best
Instructional Assistant$173,717.88▲ 39.9%
2023
$124,164.60▼ 8.6%
2022
Instructional Assistant$135,839.60▲ 0.2%
2021
Instructional Assistant$135,589.80▲ 1.3%
2020
Instructional Assistant↑ role changed$133,883.57▲ 18.1%
2019
Assistant Dean / Assistant Clinical Professor↑ role changed$113,399.64▲ 12.8%
2018
Assistant Clinical Professor↑ role changed$100,499.64▼ 5.3%
2017First
Assistant Clinical Professor / Assistant Dean, Physician Assistant Education Program$106,162.14
9 years total$1.2M total$130,281.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Instructional Assistant
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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