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On the 2021 Sunshine List · 8 years

Menaka Pai

Associate Professor · McMaster University
Associate ProfessorUniversitiesOntarioFirst listed 2012
2021 Total Compensation Paid
$118,543.26
▼ 12.1% since 2012

Menaka Pai was paid $118,543.26 in total compensation as Associate Professor at McMaster University in 2021, 19% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Menaka Pai has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2012, earning $1.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $166,556.00 a year, down 12% over that span.

That is 29% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$118,543.26
Latest compensation
in 2021
$1.3M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$166,556.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-12.1%
Career growth
since 2012
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$99K$132K$164K$196K$229K20122013201420152017201820202021
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2014 · $216,728.15
Lifetime total compensation$1.3M
Annual average$166,556.00
Total growth since 2012-12.1%
Biggest raise+37.7% (2013)
Biggest drop-35.1% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2021Latest
Associate Professor↑ role changed$118,543.26▲ 1.1%
2020
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor↑ role changed$117,232.92▼ 35.1%
2018
Associate Professor$180,700.35▲ 3.8%
2017
Associate Professor↑ role changed$174,152.23▼ 14.8%
2015
Assistant Professor$204,301.47▼ 5.7%
2014★ Best
Assistant Professor$216,728.15▲ 16.6%
2013
Assistant Professor$185,856.57▲ 37.7%
2012First
Assistant Professor$134,935.82
8 years total$1.3M total$166,556.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2012
Latest disclosure
2021
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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