Rong Zheng was paid $221,573.82 in total compensation as Professor / Department Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 122% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Rong Zheng has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 13 times since 2013, earning $2.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $167,275.00 a year, up 85% over that span.
That is 34% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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13 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Rong Zheng's total compensation has moved across 13 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
13 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $221,573.82 | ▲ 13.5% |
2024 | $195,260.14 | ▼ 1.7% |
2023 | $198,707.22 | ▲ 3.0% |
2022 | $192,830.98 | ▲ 3.3% |
2021 | $186,719.57 | ▲ 10.3% |
2020 | $169,322.16 | ▲ 4.7% |
2019 | $161,650.52 | ▼ 1.1% |
2018 | $163,454.52 | ▲ 5.3% |
2017 | $155,279.95 | ▲ 6.7% |
2016 | $145,490.38 | ▲ 4.6% |
2015 | $139,116.95 | ▲ 10.7% |
2014 | $125,638.52 | ▲ 5.1% |
2013First | $119,536.49 | — |
| 13 years total | $2.2M total | $167,275.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor / Department Chair
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2013
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 13
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