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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 5 years

M Nikolai Penner

Assistant Professor · McMaster University
Assistant ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$161,422.25
▲ 51.4% since 2017

M Nikolai Penner was paid $161,422.25 in total compensation as Assistant Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 61% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

M Nikolai Penner has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2017, earning $715K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $143,040.00 a year, up 51% over that span.

That is 3% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$161,422.25
Latest compensation
in 2025
$715K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$143,040.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+51.4%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$96K$115K$133K$152K$171K20172022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How M Nikolai Penner's total compensation has moved across 5 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $163,711.16
Lifetime total compensation$715K
Annual average$143,040.00
Total growth since 2017+51.4%
Biggest raise+27.1% (2022)
Biggest drop-1.4% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Assistant Professor$161,422.25▼ 1.4%
2024★ Best
Assistant Professor$163,711.16▲ 10.6%
2023
$147,977.03▲ 9.2%
2022
Assistant Professor$135,487.77▲ 27.1%
2017First
Assistant Professor$106,600.67
5 years total$715K total$143,040.00 avg
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The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Assistant Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
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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