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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Leyla Soleymani

Professor / Associate Vice-President · McMaster University
Professor / Associate Vice-PresidentOntarioFirst listed 2016
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$226,807.62
▲ 80.3% since 2016

Leyla Soleymani was paid $226,807.62 in total compensation as Professor / Associate Vice-President at McMaster University in 2025, 127% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Leyla Soleymani has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2016, earning $1.6M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $174,466.00 a year, up 80% over that span.

That is 37% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$226,807.62
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.6M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$174,466.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+80.3%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$107K$141K$174K$207K$240K201620172019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $227,801.03
Lifetime total compensation$1.6M
Annual average$174,466.00
Total growth since 2016+80.3%
Biggest raise+18.6% (2023)
Biggest drop-0.4% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Professor / Associate Vice-President↑ role changed$226,807.62▼ 0.4%
2024★ Best
Associate Vice-President / Professor$227,801.03▲ 11.7%
2023
$203,866.20▲ 18.6%
2022
Associate Professor$171,909.97▲ 2.8%
2021
Associate Professor$167,185.42▲ 4.3%
2020
Associate Professor$160,338.93▲ 4.0%
2019
Associate Professor$154,133.86▲ 16.5%
2017
Associate Professor↑ role changed$132,327.97▲ 5.2%
2016First
Assistant Professor$125,822.13
9 years total$1.6M total$174,466.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Professor / Associate Vice-President
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
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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