Simon Day was paid $131,963.48 in total compensation as Senior Principal Research Engineer at McMaster University in 2025, 32% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Simon Day has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 10 times since 2016, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $112,144.00 a year, up 29% over that span.
That is 20% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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10 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Simon Day's total compensation has moved across 10 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
10 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $131,963.48 | ▲ 10.9% |
2024 | $119,029.29 | ▼ 1.3% |
2023 | $120,631.36 | ▲ 6.5% |
2022 | $113,318.27 | ▲ 0.4% |
2021 | $112,821.31 | ▲ 2.6% |
2020 | $109,926.29 | ▲ 4.9% |
2019 | $104,797.37 | ▲ 0.5% |
2018 | $104,287.48 | ▲ 1.8% |
2017 | $102,412.05 | ▲ 0.2% |
2016First | $102,255.50 | — |
| 10 years total | $1.1M total | $112,144.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Senior Principal Research Engineer
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2016
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 10
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