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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 5 years

Leili Tafaghodikhajavi

Associate Professor / Associate Chair · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$165,909.99
▲ 28.4% since 2021

Leili Tafaghodikhajavi was paid $165,909.99 in total compensation as Associate Professor / Associate Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 66% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Leili Tafaghodikhajavi has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2021, earning $726K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $145,149.00 a year, up 28% over that span.

That is 0% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$165,909.99
Latest compensation
in 2025
$726K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$145,149.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+28.4%
Career growth
since 2021
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$123K$135K$146K$158K$170K20212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Leili Tafaghodikhajavi's total compensation has moved across 5 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $165,909.99
Lifetime total compensation$726K
Annual average$145,149.00
Total growth since 2021+28.4%
Biggest raise+8.8% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Professor / Associate Chair↑ role changed$165,909.99▲ 8.8%
2024
Associate Chair / Associate Professor$152,508.44▲ 6.9%
2023
$142,612.06▲ 5.3%
2022
Associate Professor$135,492.69▲ 4.9%
2021First
Associate Professor$129,220.89
5 years total$726K total$145,149.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor / Associate Chair
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2021
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
5

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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