Shiva Kumar was paid $229,516.31 in total compensation as Professor / Associate Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 130% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Shiva Kumar has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $2.9M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $172,899.00 a year, up 87% over that span.
That is 38% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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17 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Shiva Kumar's total compensation has moved across 17 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
17 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $229,516.31 | ▲ 10.6% |
2024 | $207,573.06 | ▲ 3.4% |
2023 | $200,840.57 | ▼ 1.8% |
2022 | $204,459.33 | ▲ 2.6% |
2021 | $199,290.25 | ▲ 3.1% |
2020 | $193,257.53 | ▼ 0.4% |
2019 | $194,129.64 | ▲ 6.7% |
2018 | $181,856.67 | ▲ 8.8% |
2017 | $167,132.44 | ▲ 4.2% |
2016 | $160,389.47 | ▼ 4.2% |
2015 | $167,393.43 | ▲ 8.9% |
2014 | $153,644.68 | ▲ 3.7% |
2013 | $148,184.17 | ▲ 3.9% |
2012 | $142,624.12 | ▲ 4.6% |
2011 | $136,347.99 | ▲ 5.0% |
2010 | $129,870.74 | ▲ 5.8% |
2009First | $122,768.87 | — |
| 17 years total | $2.9M total | $172,899.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor / Associate Chair
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
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