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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Maryam Ghasemaghaei

Associate Professor / Area Chair / Canada Research Chair Tier II · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$265,000.15
▲ 85.1% since 2017

Maryam Ghasemaghaei was paid $265,000.15 in total compensation as Associate Professor / Area Chair / Canada Research Chair Tier II at McMaster University in 2025, 165% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Maryam Ghasemaghaei has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.8M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $194,600.00 a year, up 85% over that span.

That is 60% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$265,000.15
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.8M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$194,600.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+85.1%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$121K$161K$200K$240K$280K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Maryam Ghasemaghaei's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $265,000.15
Lifetime total compensation$1.8M
Annual average$194,600.00
Total growth since 2017+85.1%
Biggest raise+26.0% (2020)
Biggest drop-14.3% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Professor / Area Chair / Canada Research Chair Tier II↑ role changed$265,000.15▲ 12.4%
2024
Area Chair / Associate Professor / Canada Research Chair Tier II$235,706.32▲ 16.0%
2023
$203,117.37▲ 11.8%
2022
Area Chair / Associate Professor↑ role changed$181,704.26▼ 14.3%
2021
Associate Professor / Area Chair↑ role changed$211,935.84▲ 5.7%
2020
Assistant Professor$200,476.71▲ 26.0%
2019
Assistant Professor$159,072.85▲ 5.2%
2018
Assistant Professor$151,251.62▲ 5.7%
2017First
Assistant Professor$143,134.15
9 years total$1.8M total$194,600.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor / Area Chair / Canada Research Chair Tier II
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

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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