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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 13 years

Sarah Symons

Professor / Department Chair · McMaster University
Professor / Department ChairOntarioFirst listed 2013
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$210,908.73
▲ 109.3% since 2013

Sarah Symons was paid $210,908.73 in total compensation as Professor / Department Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 111% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Sarah Symons has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 13 times since 2013, earning $2.0M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $150,514.00 a year, up 109% over that span.

That is 27% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$210,908.73
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.0M
Total compensation
across 13 years
$150,514.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+109.3%
Career growth
since 2013
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FIG. 01

13 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

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FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Sarah Symons's total compensation has moved across 13 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $210,908.73
Lifetime total compensation$2.0M
Annual average$150,514.00
Total growth since 2013+109.3%
Biggest raise+14.1% (2025)
Biggest drop-3.1% (2023)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

13 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Professor / Department Chair↑ role changed$210,908.73▲ 14.1%
2024
Professor / Program Coordinator$184,916.01▲ 8.1%
2023
$171,001.33▼ 3.1%
2022
Professor / Program Coordinator↑ role changed$176,398.64▲ 5.8%
2021
Associate Professor / Program Coordinator$166,722.81▲ 3.9%
2020
Associate Professor / Program Coordinator$160,487.65▲ 5.0%
2019
Associate Professor / Program Coordinator↑ role changed$152,890.60▲ 5.2%
2018
Program Coordinator/Associate Professor↑ role changed$145,275.71▲ 7.0%
2017
Associate Professor / Program Coordinator↑ role changed$135,805.95▲ 7.5%
2016
Associate Professor↑ role changed$126,309.13▲ 5.4%
2015
Associate Professor/Assistant Professor↑ role changed$119,782.38▲ 13.6%
2014
Assistant Professor$105,411.75▲ 4.6%
2013First
Assistant Professor$100,768.46
13 years total$2.0M total$150,514.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Professor / Department Chair
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
13

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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