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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Naiqi Xiao

Associate Professor / Associate Chair · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$158,485.50
▲ 40.1% since 2020

Naiqi Xiao was paid $158,485.50 in total compensation as Associate Professor / Associate Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 58% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Naiqi Xiao has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $795K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $132,465.00 a year, up 40% over that span.

That is 5% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$158,485.50
Latest compensation
in 2025
$795K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$132,465.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+40.1%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$105K$120K$134K$149K$164K202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Naiqi Xiao's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $158,485.50
Lifetime total compensation$795K
Annual average$132,465.00
Total growth since 2020+40.1%
Biggest raise+10.9% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Professor / Associate Chair↑ role changed$158,485.50▲ 10.9%
2024
Assistant Professor$142,885.49▲ 6.3%
2023
$134,460.57▲ 5.6%
2022
Assistant Professor$127,356.14▲ 7.5%
2021
Assistant Professor$118,513.68▲ 4.8%
2020First
Assistant Professor$113,089.92
6 years total$795K total$132,465.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor / Associate Chair
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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