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On the 2019 Sunshine List · 3 years

Ranil Sonnadara

Special Advisor and Executive Director · McMaster University
2019 Total Compensation Paid
$172,914.44
▲ 15.4% since 2015

Ranil Sonnadara was paid $172,914.44 in total compensation as Special Advisor and Executive Director at McMaster University in 2019, 73% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Ranil Sonnadara has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 3 times since 2015, earning $491K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $163,600.00 a year, up 15% over that span.

That is 4% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$172,914.44
Latest compensation
in 2019
$491K
Total compensation
across 3 years
$163,600.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+15.4%
Career growth
since 2015
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FIG. 01

3 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$146K$153K$161K$168K$176K201520182019
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Ranil Sonnadara's total compensation has moved across 3 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2019 · $172,914.44
Lifetime total compensation$491K
Annual average$163,600.00
Total growth since 2015+15.4%
Biggest raise+12.1% (2018)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

3 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2019Latest★ Best
Special Advisor and Executive Director$172,914.44▲ 2.9%
2018
Special Advisor and Executive Director$167,996.65▲ 12.1%
2015First
Special Advisor and Executive Director$149,888.56
3 years total$491K total$163,600.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Special Advisor and Executive Director
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2015
Latest disclosure
2019
Years on list
3

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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