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On the 2024 Sunshine List · 11 years

Melanie Garaffa

Associate Director, Talent, Equity and Development · McMaster University
2024 Total Compensation Paid
$169,511.28
▲ 62.1% since 2014

Melanie Garaffa was paid $169,511.28 in total compensation as Associate Director, Talent, Equity and Development at McMaster University in 2024, 70% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melanie Garaffa has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 11 times since 2014, earning $1.4M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $129,491.00 a year, up 62% over that span.

That is 2% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$169,511.28
Latest compensation
in 2024
$1.4M
Total compensation
across 11 years
$129,491.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+62.1%
Career growth
since 2014
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FIG. 01

11 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$93K$114K$135K$156K$177K20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Melanie Garaffa's total compensation has moved across 11 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $169,511.28
Lifetime total compensation$1.4M
Annual average$129,491.00
Total growth since 2014+62.1%
Biggest raise+10.3% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

11 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2024Latest★ Best
Associate Director, Talent, Equity and Development$169,511.28▲ 7.3%
2023
$158,050.86▲ 10.3%
2022
Senior Manager, Organizational Development$143,251.03▲ 4.7%
2021
Senior Manager, Organizational Development$136,835.76▲ 3.9%
2020
Senior Manager, Organizational Development$131,689.74▲ 6.8%
2019
Senior Manager, Organizational Development$123,286.66▲ 3.0%
2018
Senior Manager, Organizational Development↑ role changed$119,685.93▲ 2.9%
2017
Senior Manager, Organization And Employee Effectiveness$116,288.47▲ 3.3%
2016
Senior Manager, Organization And Employee Effectiveness↑ role changed$112,527.94▲ 3.5%
2015
Senior Manager, Organization and Employee Effectiveness$108,729.00▲ 4.0%
2014First
Senior Manager, Organization and Employee Effectiveness$104,548.47
11 years total$1.4M total$129,491.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Associate Director, Talent, Equity and Development
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2014
Latest disclosure
2024
Years on list
11

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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