Laurel Trainor was paid $285,903.67 in total compensation as Professor / Director at McMaster University in 2025, 186% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Laurel Trainor has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $3.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $217,418.00 a year, up 83% over that span.
That is 72% 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
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A career, year by year.
How Laurel Trainor'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★ Best | $285,903.67 | ▲ 6.8% |
2024 | $267,736.75 | ▲ 1.9% |
2023 | $262,726.16 | ▲ 2.7% |
2022 | $255,869.39 | ▲ 3.0% |
2021 | $248,532.87 | ▲ 3.4% |
2020 | $240,422.63 | ▲ 8.3% |
2019 | $221,953.35 | ▼ 1.6% |
2018 | $225,659.00 | ▲ 2.2% |
2017 | $220,902.85 | ▲ 5.8% |
2016 | $208,844.77 | ▲ 0.4% |
2015 | $208,111.58 | ▲ 9.2% |
2014 | $190,603.68 | ▲ 3.0% |
2013 | $185,017.62 | ▲ 3.3% |
2012 | $179,088.27 | ▲ 3.8% |
2011 | $172,584.00 | ▲ 4.2% |
2010 | $165,578.54 | ▲ 5.7% |
2009First | $156,576.61 | — |
| 17 years total | $3.7M total | $217,418.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor / Director
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
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