Canada · Public Sector Salary DisclosureEdition 2025
RB
On the 2025 Sunshine List · 14 years

Ronald Balvers

Professor / Endowed Chair / Area Chair · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$339,724.05
▲ 183.4% since 2012

Ronald Balvers was paid $339,724.05 in total compensation as Professor / Endowed Chair / Area Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 240% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Ronald Balvers has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 14 times since 2012, earning $4.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $293,192.00 a year, up 183% over that span.

That is 105% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$339,724.05
Latest compensation
in 2025
$4.1M
Total compensation
across 14 years
$293,192.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+183.4%
Career growth
since 2012
SHARE

Share this record

Download a card to post or send.

FIG. 01

14 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$78K$153K$228K$303K$378K20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Ronald Balvers's total compensation has moved across 14 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2023 · $350,508.69
Lifetime total compensation$4.1M
Annual average$293,192.00
Total growth since 2012+183.4%
Biggest raise+109.7% (2013)
Biggest drop-10.5% (2018)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

14 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Professor / Endowed Chair / Area Chair↑ role changed$339,724.05▼ 2.5%
2024
Area Chair / Endowed Chair / Professor$348,473.19▼ 0.6%
2023★ Best
$350,508.69▲ 2.0%
2022
Area Chair / Endowed Chair / Professor↑ role changed$343,748.69▲ 5.8%
2021
Professor / Endowed Chair$324,828.37▼ 4.8%
2020
Professor / Endowed Chair↑ role changed$341,030.31▲ 15.5%
2019
Endowed Chair / Professor↑ role changed$295,204.31▲ 6.8%
2018
Professor/Endowed Chair↑ role changed$276,435.32▼ 10.5%
2017
Endowed Chair / Professor↑ role changed$308,969.33▲ 13.8%
2016
Professor / Endowed Chair↑ role changed$271,549.96▼ 1.3%
2015
Professor/Endowed Chair↑ role changed$275,062.03▲ 6.6%
2014
Professor / Endowed Chair / Area Chair↑ role changed$257,978.02▲ 2.7%
2013
Professor/Endowed Chair$251,312.53▲ 109.7%
2012First
Professor/Endowed Chair$119,869.36
14 years total$4.1M total$293,192.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Professor / Endowed Chair / Area Chair
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2012
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
14

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.

Name removal

This data comes from official government disclosures. For removal requests, contact the Ontario government directly.

Request removal →