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On the 2022 Sunshine List · 4 years

Lorna E Somers

Assistant Vice-President, Development · McMaster University
2022 Total Compensation Paid
$168,718.08
▼ 12.6% since 2017

Lorna E Somers was paid $168,718.08 in total compensation as Assistant Vice-President, Development at McMaster University in 2022, 69% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Lorna E Somers has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2017, earning $812K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $202,891.00 a year, down 13% over that span.

That is 2% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$168,718.08
Latest compensation
in 2022
$812K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$202,891.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-12.6%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$158K$177K$197K$217K$236K2017202020212022
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Lorna E Somers's total compensation has moved across 4 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2021 · $229,214.61
Lifetime total compensation$812K
Annual average$202,891.00
Total growth since 2017-12.6%
Biggest raise+14.2% (2020)
Biggest drop-26.4% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2022Latest
Assistant Vice-President, Development$168,718.08▼ 26.4%
2021★ Best
Assistant Vice-President, Development$229,214.61▲ 3.9%
2020
Assistant Vice-President, Development↑ role changed$220,524.42▲ 14.2%
2017First
Director of Development$193,108.10
4 years total$812K total$202,891.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
Assistant Vice-President, Development
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2022
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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