Ruhai Wu was paid $242,713.26 in total compensation as Associate Professor / Area Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 143% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Ruhai Wu has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 16 times since 2010, earning $2.9M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $178,196.00 a year, up 89% over that span.
That is 46% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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16 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Ruhai Wu's total compensation has moved across 16 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
16 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $242,713.26 | ▲ 8.6% |
2024 | $223,490.55 | ▲ 8.0% |
2023 | $206,869.43 | ▲ 2.1% |
2022 | $202,579.80 | ▲ 5.1% |
2021 | $192,812.81 | ▲ 3.0% |
2020 | $187,149.68 | ▼ 4.3% |
2019 | $195,649.27 | ▲ 9.5% |
2018 | $178,666.37 | ▲ 4.4% |
2017 | $171,208.33 | ▲ 0.5% |
2016 | $170,289.23 | ▲ 1.8% |
2015 | $167,228.19 | ▲ 9.6% |
2014 | $152,591.37 | ▲ 4.6% |
2013 | $145,917.47 | ▼ 3.2% |
2012 | $150,789.97 | ▲ 11.8% |
2011 | $134,850.69 | ▲ 5.1% |
2010First | $128,331.73 | — |
| 16 years total | $2.9M total | $178,196.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Associate Professor / Area Chair
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2010
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 16
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