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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Michelle Lynn Macdonald

Associate Professor / Director · McMaster University
Associate Professor / DirectorOntarioFirst listed 2010
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$231,124.71
▲ 105.1% since 2010

Michelle Lynn Macdonald was paid $231,124.71 in total compensation as Associate Professor / Director at McMaster University in 2025, 131% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michelle Lynn Macdonald has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2010, earning $1.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $165,740.00 a year, up 105% over that span.

That is 39% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$231,124.71
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.5M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$165,740.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+105.1%
Career growth
since 2010
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$91K$130K$168K$207K$245K201020112012201320142016202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Michelle Lynn Macdonald's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $231,124.71
Lifetime total compensation$1.5M
Annual average$165,740.00
Total growth since 2010+105.1%
Biggest raise+41.0% (2023)
Biggest drop-4.0% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Professor / Director$231,124.71▲ 5.3%
2024
Associate Professor / Director$219,519.23▼ 4.0%
2023
$228,632.90▲ 41.0%
2016
Associate Professor$162,150.93▲ 13.0%
2014
Associate Professor$143,464.37▲ 4.3%
2013
Associate Professor$137,486.99▲ 0.7%
2012
Associate Professor$136,585.29▲ 13.8%
2011
Associate Professor$120,024.31▲ 6.5%
2010First
Associate Professor$112,673.51
9 years total$1.5M total$165,740.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor / Director
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2010
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

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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