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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Ratnasingham Tharmarasa

Associate Professor · McMaster University
Associate ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$186,783.42
▲ 54.6% since 2017

Ratnasingham Tharmarasa was paid $186,783.42 in total compensation as Associate Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 87% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Ratnasingham Tharmarasa has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.4M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $150,246.00 a year, up 55% over that span.

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

$186,783.42
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.4M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$150,246.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+54.6%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$106K$128K$150K$173K$195K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Ratnasingham Tharmarasa's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $186,783.42
Lifetime total compensation$1.4M
Annual average$150,246.00
Total growth since 2017+54.6%
Biggest raise+25.1% (2020)
Biggest drop-2.3% (2018)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Professor↑ role changed$186,783.42▲ 6.5%
2024
Assistant Professor$175,427.30▲ 4.4%
2023
$168,067.69▲ 4.0%
2022
Assistant Professor$161,569.19▲ 4.2%
2021
Assistant Professor$154,989.95▲ 4.7%
2020
Assistant Professor$148,078.66▲ 25.1%
2019
Assistant Professor↑ role changed$118,414.02▲ 0.3%
2018
Principal Research Engineer↑ role changed$118,044.82▼ 2.3%
2017First
Principal Research Engineer / Sessional Faculty$120,840.66
9 years total$1.4M total$150,246.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
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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