Marilyn Lightstone was paid $254,198.30 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 154% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Marilyn Lightstone has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $3.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $188,318.00 a year, up 104% over that span.
That is 53% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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17 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Marilyn Lightstone's total compensation has moved across 17 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
17 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $254,198.30 | ▲ 5.5% |
2024 | $240,968.70 | ▲ 1.1% |
2023 | $238,455.93 | ▲ 2.8% |
2022 | $231,874.35 | ▲ 5.1% |
2021 | $220,550.28 | ▲ 3.5% |
2020 | $212,992.83 | ▲ 3.5% |
2019 | $205,869.11 | ▲ 3.8% |
2018 | $198,423.74 | ▲ 3.5% |
2017 | $191,687.25 | ▲ 4.2% |
2016 | $183,927.83 | ▲ 3.2% |
2015 | $178,148.26 | ▲ 10.6% |
2014 | $161,044.99 | ▲ 10.5% |
2013 | $145,685.75 | ▲ 4.4% |
2012 | $139,549.62 | ▼ 0.7% |
2011 | $140,533.02 | ▲ 5.9% |
2010 | $132,674.49 | ▲ 6.3% |
2009First | $124,819.98 | — |
| 17 years total | $3.2M total | $188,318.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
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