Rick Hackett was paid $304,211.11 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 204% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Rick Hackett has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $4.4M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $258,839.00 a year, up 45% over that span.
That is 83% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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17 years on the list
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The career in numbers
Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.
A career, year by year.
How Rick Hackett's total compensation has moved across 17 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
17 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest | $304,211.11 | ▲ 1.0% |
2024 | $301,275.27 | ▼ 0.8% |
2023 | $303,718.16 | ▲ 4.8% |
2022 | $289,912.45 | ▲ 3.3% |
2021 | $280,691.80 | ▼ 8.2% |
2020★ Best | $305,751.20 | ▲ 16.7% |
2019 | $261,977.70 | ▲ 7.0% |
2018 | $244,786.17 | ▼ 6.6% |
2017 | $261,988.41 | ▲ 11.2% |
2016 | $235,696.34 | ▼ 12.3% |
2015 | $268,905.83 | ▲ 15.7% |
2014 | $232,496.97 | ▼ 2.0% |
2013 | $237,269.17 | ▲ 7.0% |
2012 | $221,844.72 | ▼ 3.8% |
2011 | $230,709.14 | ▲ 10.0% |
2010 | $209,722.99 | ▲ 0.2% |
2009First | $209,306.25 | — |
| 17 years total | $4.4M total | $258,839.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
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