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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 17 years

Ruth Hannon

Assistant Professor · McMaster University
Assistant ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2009
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$142,118.98
▲ 39.2% since 2009

Ruth Hannon was paid $142,118.98 in total compensation as Assistant Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 42% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Ruth Hannon has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $2.6M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $151,797.00 a year, up 39% over that span.

That is 14% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$142,118.98
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.6M
Total compensation
across 17 years
$151,797.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+39.2%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

17 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$85K$116K$147K$179K$210K20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Ruth Hannon's total compensation has moved across 17 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $198,504.74
Lifetime total compensation$2.6M
Annual average$151,797.00
Total growth since 2009+39.2%
Biggest raise+10.0% (2015)
Biggest drop-28.4% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

17 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Assistant Professor$142,118.98▼ 28.4%
2024★ Best
Assistant Professor$198,504.74▲ 2.9%
2023
$192,963.60▲ 2.6%
2022
Assistant Professor$188,158.79▲ 3.0%
2021
Assistant Professor$182,625.17▲ 3.8%
2020
Assistant Professor$176,023.43▲ 3.6%
2019
Assistant Professor$169,825.83▲ 4.0%
2018
Assistant Professor$163,314.25▲ 4.0%
2017
Assistant Professor$157,008.43▲ 4.5%
2016
Assistant Professor$150,257.83▲ 2.6%
2015
Assistant Professor$146,430.57▲ 10.0%
2014
Assistant Professor$133,119.47▲ 3.9%
2013
Assistant Professor$128,172.02▲ 4.3%
2012
Assistant Professor$122,898.92▲ 5.0%
2011
Assistant Professor$117,047.24▲ 6.4%
2010
Assistant Professor$110,001.52▲ 7.8%
2009First
Assistant Professor$102,085.73
17 years total$2.6M total$151,797.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Assistant Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
17

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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