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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Martin Kolb

Professor · McMaster University
ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2015
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$172,896.56
▲ 39.9% since 2015

Martin Kolb was paid $172,896.56 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 73% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Martin Kolb has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2015, earning $1.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $210,510.00 a year, up 40% over that span.

That is 4% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$172,896.56
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.7M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$210,510.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+39.9%
Career growth
since 2015
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$99K$144K$189K$234K$279K20152018201920212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Martin Kolb's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2018 · $262,168.71
Lifetime total compensation$1.7M
Annual average$210,510.00
Total growth since 2015+39.9%
Biggest raise+112.1% (2018)
Biggest drop-25.7% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Professor$172,896.56▼ 3.9%
2024
Professor$179,866.04▼ 3.9%
2023
$187,209.75▼ 25.7%
2022
Professor$252,131.14▲ 0.0%
2021
Professor$252,107.89▼ 0.8%
2019
Professor$254,098.83▼ 3.1%
2018★ Best
Professor$262,168.71▲ 112.1%
2015First
Professor$123,599.56
8 years total$1.7M total$210,510.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2015
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
8

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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