Rita Cossa was paid $240,028.14 in total compensation as Associate Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 140% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Rita Cossa has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 15 times since 2011, earning $3.0M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $199,096.00 a year, up 88% over that span.
That is 45% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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15 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Rita Cossa's total compensation has moved across 15 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
15 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest | $240,028.14 | ▲ 4.4% |
2024 | $229,903.33 | ▼ 6.0% |
2023 | $244,633.12 | ▲ 3.1% |
2022 | $237,195.87 | ▼ 7.4% |
2021★ Best | $256,198.47 | ▲ 17.2% |
2020 | $218,645.49 | ▼ 5.8% |
2019 | $232,006.54 | ▲ 12.0% |
2018 | $207,200.85 | ▲ 3.1% |
2017 | $200,978.02 | ▲ 23.5% |
2016 | $162,795.34 | ▲ 2.2% |
2015 | $159,268.61 | ▲ 2.1% |
2014 | $155,985.23 | ▲ 0.1% |
2013 | $155,763.08 | ▼ 1.3% |
2012 | $157,861.12 | ▲ 23.4% |
2011First | $127,974.99 | — |
| 15 years total | $3.0M total | $199,096.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2011
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 15
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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