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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 5 years

Lingyang Chu

Assistant Professor · McMaster University
Assistant ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2021
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$155,744.16
▲ 30.1% since 2021

Lingyang Chu was paid $155,744.16 in total compensation as Assistant Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 56% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Lingyang Chu has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2021, earning $681K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $136,117.00 a year, up 30% over that span.

That is 6% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$155,744.16
Latest compensation
in 2025
$681K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$136,117.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+30.1%
Career growth
since 2021
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$113K$125K$137K$148K$160K20212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $155,744.16
Lifetime total compensation$681K
Annual average$136,117.00
Total growth since 2021+30.1%
Biggest raise+8.5% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Assistant Professor$155,744.16▲ 8.5%
2024
Assistant Professor$143,480.47▲ 6.4%
2023
$134,842.92▲ 6.3%
2022
Assistant Professor$126,792.87▲ 5.9%
2021First
Assistant Professor$119,722.32
5 years total$681K total$136,117.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Assistant Professor
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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