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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Megan Burkett

Senior Legal Counsel · McMaster University
Senior Legal CounselOntarioFirst listed 2018
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$186,139.86
▲ 31.6% since 2018

Megan Burkett was paid $186,139.86 in total compensation as Senior Legal Counsel at McMaster University in 2025, 86% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Megan Burkett has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2018, earning $1.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $161,984.00 a year, up 32% over that span.

That is 12% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$186,139.86
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.3M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$161,984.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+31.6%
Career growth
since 2018
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$133K$148K$162K$177K$192K20182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $186,139.86
Lifetime total compensation$1.3M
Annual average$161,984.00
Total growth since 2018+31.6%
Biggest raise+7.5% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Senior Legal Counsel$186,139.86▲ 7.1%
2024
Senior Legal Counsel$173,787.36▲ 3.6%
2023
$167,745.67▲ 2.3%
2022
Legal Counsel$164,050.00▲ 3.2%
2021
Legal Counsel↑ role changed$158,957.22▲ 1.0%
2020
Legal Counsel, Labour and Employment$157,409.19▲ 7.5%
2019
Legal Counsel, Labour and Employment$146,384.09▲ 3.5%
2018First
Legal Counsel, Labour and Employment$141,396.02
8 years total$1.3M total$161,984.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Senior Legal Counsel
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2018
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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