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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 12 years

Michael Mercier

Associate Professor / Associate Director · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$187,041.25
▲ 66.7% since 2014

Michael Mercier was paid $187,041.25 in total compensation as Associate Professor / Associate Director at McMaster University in 2025, 87% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michael Mercier has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 12 times since 2014, earning $1.8M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $153,541.00 a year, up 67% over that span.

That is 13% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$187,041.25
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.8M
Total compensation
across 12 years
$153,541.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+66.7%
Career growth
since 2014
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FIG. 01

12 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$95K$126K$157K$188K$219K201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Michael Mercier's total compensation has moved across 12 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $207,318.49
Lifetime total compensation$1.8M
Annual average$153,541.00
Total growth since 2014+66.7%
Biggest raise+12.9% (2024)
Biggest drop-9.8% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

12 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Associate Professor / Associate Director↑ role changed$187,041.25▼ 9.8%
2024★ Best
Associate Director / Associate Professor$207,318.49▲ 12.9%
2023
$183,656.57▲ 9.7%
2022
Assistant Professor / Associate Director↑ role changed$167,355.94▲ 5.4%
2021
Assistant Professor$158,729.93▲ 4.7%
2020
Assistant Professor$151,662.53▲ 0.2%
2019
Assistant Professor$151,294.02▲ 8.1%
2018
Assistant Professor$139,904.17▲ 2.1%
2017
Assistant Professor$137,070.26▲ 12.4%
2016
Assistant Professor$121,897.46▼ 2.0%
2015
Assistant Professor$124,348.60▲ 10.8%
2014First
Assistant Professor$112,216.64
12 years total$1.8M total$153,541.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Associate Professor / Associate Director
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2014
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
12

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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