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On the 2023 Sunshine List · 13 years

Nicholas Kates

OntarioFirst listed 2011
2023 Total Compensation Paid
$231,705.52
▲ 64.4% since 2011

Nicholas Kates was paid $231,705.52 in total compensation as an employee at McMaster University in 2023, 132% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Nicholas Kates has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 13 times since 2011, earning $3.8M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $295,435.00 a year, up 64% over that span.

That is 40% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$231,705.52
Latest compensation
in 2023
$3.8M
Total compensation
across 13 years
$295,435.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+64.4%
Career growth
since 2011
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FIG. 01

13 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$106K$169K$233K$296K$359K2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Nicholas Kates's total compensation has moved across 13 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2020 · $335,806.23
Lifetime total compensation$3.8M
Annual average$295,435.00
Total growth since 2011+64.4%
Biggest raise+131.2% (2012)
Biggest drop-28.6% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

13 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2023Latest
$231,705.52▼ 28.6%
2022
Professor$324,534.89▼ 2.7%
2021
Professor$333,465.49▼ 0.7%
2020★ Best
Professor$335,806.23▲ 5.5%
2019
Professor$318,329.90▲ 1.4%
2018
Professor$313,804.47▲ 3.9%
2017
Professor$302,066.16▲ 3.6%
2016
Professor↑ role changed$291,682.65▼ 4.0%
2015
Professor/Department Chair↑ role changed$303,849.89▲ 4.5%
2014
Professor / Department Chair↑ role changed$290,656.73▼ 11.3%
2013
Professor/Department Chair↑ role changed$327,776.28▲ 0.5%
2012
Professor$325,993.31▲ 131.2%
2011First
Professor$140,978.96
13 years total$3.8M total$295,435.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2011
Latest disclosure
2023
Years on list
13

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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