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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 15 years

Megan Armstrong

Professor / Department Chair · McMaster University
Professor / Department ChairOntarioFirst listed 2011
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$218,067.43
▲ 103.7% since 2011

Megan Armstrong was paid $218,067.43 in total compensation as Professor / Department Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 118% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Megan Armstrong has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 15 times since 2011, earning $2.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $153,151.00 a year, up 104% over that span.

That is 31% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$218,067.43
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.3M
Total compensation
across 15 years
$153,151.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+103.7%
Career growth
since 2011
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FIG. 01

15 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$81K$119K$157K$194K$232K201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Megan Armstrong's total compensation has moved across 15 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $218,067.43
Lifetime total compensation$2.3M
Annual average$153,151.00
Total growth since 2011+103.7%
Biggest raise+18.1% (2013)
Biggest drop-5.9% (2014)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

15 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Professor / Department Chair↑ role changed$218,067.43▲ 6.5%
2024
Department Chair / Professor$204,836.37▲ 4.1%
2023
$196,853.47▲ 7.1%
2022
Department Chair / Professor↑ role changed$183,744.44▲ 12.5%
2021
Associate Professor$163,315.89▼ 1.0%
2020
Associate Professor$165,030.46▲ 4.1%
2019
Associate Professor$158,537.84▲ 10.6%
2018
Associate Professor$143,337.93▼ 5.4%
2017
Associate Professor$151,471.58▲ 10.5%
2016
Associate Professor$137,086.58▲ 3.6%
2015
Associate Professor$132,280.46▲ 16.8%
2014
Associate Professor$113,263.89▼ 5.9%
2013
Associate Professor$120,426.12▲ 18.1%
2012
Associate Professor$101,953.91▼ 4.8%
2011First
Associate Professor$107,060.45
15 years total$2.3M total$153,151.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Professor / Department Chair
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2011
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
15

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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