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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 4 years

Lizhen Xu

Senior Principal Biostatistician · McMaster University
Senior Principal BiostatisticianOntarioFirst listed 2022
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$129,975.37
▲ 13.8% since 2022

Lizhen Xu was paid $129,975.37 in total compensation as Senior Principal Biostatistician at McMaster University in 2025, 30% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Lizhen Xu has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2022, earning $489K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $122,260.00 a year, up 14% over that span.

That is 22% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$129,975.37
Latest compensation
in 2025
$489K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$122,260.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+13.8%
Career growth
since 2022
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$111K$116K$122K$127K$132K2022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Lizhen Xu's total compensation has moved across 4 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $129,975.37
Lifetime total compensation$489K
Annual average$122,260.00
Total growth since 2022+13.8%
Biggest raise+5.6% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Senior Principal Biostatistician$129,975.37▲ 4.6%
2024
Senior Principal Biostatistician$124,220.95▲ 3.0%
2023
$120,595.90▲ 5.6%
2022First
Senior Principal Biostatistician$114,249.06
4 years total$489K total$122,260.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Senior Principal Biostatistician
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2022
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
4

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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