Melinda Gough was paid $213,755.12 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 114% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Melinda Gough has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 16 times since 2010, earning $2.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $155,861.00 a year, up 104% over that span.
That is 29% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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16 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Melinda Gough's total compensation has moved across 16 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
16 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $213,755.12 | ▲ 5.6% |
2024 | $202,458.36 | ▲ 3.4% |
2023 | $195,768.61 | ▲ 2.0% |
2022 | $191,921.37 | ▲ 3.5% |
2021 | $185,474.77 | ▲ 6.2% |
2020 | $174,604.21 | ▲ 10.2% |
2019 | $158,443.29 | ▼ 0.8% |
2018 | $159,707.27 | ▲ 9.4% |
2017 | $145,940.62 | ▼ 0.8% |
2016 | $147,135.16 | ▲ 2.4% |
2015 | $143,624.77 | ▲ 10.5% |
2014 | $130,003.65 | ▲ 11.6% |
2013 | $116,450.21 | ▲ 2.2% |
2012 | $113,989.86 | ▲ 4.0% |
2011 | $109,565.05 | ▲ 4.4% |
2010First | $104,937.49 | — |
| 16 years total | $2.5M total | $155,861.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2010
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 16
Data source
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