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On the 2021 Sunshine List · 9 years

Robert Baker

Professor · McMaster University
ProfessorUniversitiesOntarioFirst listed 2013
2021 Total Compensation Paid
$194,255.37
▲ 62.1% since 2013

Robert Baker was paid $194,255.37 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2021, 94% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Robert Baker has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2013, earning $2.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $258,757.00 a year, up 62% over that span.

That is 17% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$194,255.37
Latest compensation
in 2021
$2.3M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$258,757.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+62.1%
Career growth
since 2013
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$84K$148K$213K$277K$341K201320142015201620172018201920202021
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2017 · $317,245.76
Lifetime total compensation$2.3M
Annual average$258,757.00
Total growth since 2013+62.1%
Biggest raise+111.1% (2014)
Biggest drop-31.0% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2021Latest
Professor$194,255.37▼ 31.0%
2020
Professor$281,696.53▼ 5.6%
2019
Professor↑ role changed$298,261.73▼ 5.1%
2018
Vice-President Research$314,419.48▼ 0.9%
2017★ Best
Vice-President Research$317,245.76▲ 14.1%
2016
Vice-President Research↑ role changed$278,140.64▲ 2.3%
2015
Professor/Dean↑ role changed$271,922.90▲ 7.5%
2014
Professor / Dean↑ role changed$252,999.22▲ 111.1%
2013First
Professor/Dean$119,868.36
9 years total$2.3M total$258,757.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Employee details

Position
Professor
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2021
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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