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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 10 years

Simon Day

Senior Principal Research Engineer · McMaster University
Senior Principal Research EngineerOntarioFirst listed 2016
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$131,963.48
▲ 29.1% since 2016

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.

$131,963.48
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 10 years
$112,144.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+29.1%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

10 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$97K$107K$116K$126K$136K2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Simon Day's total compensation has moved across 10 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $131,963.48
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$112,144.00
Total growth since 2016+29.1%
Biggest raise+10.9% (2025)
Biggest drop-1.3% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

10 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Senior Principal Research Engineer$131,963.48▲ 10.9%
2024
Senior Principal Research Engineer$119,029.29▼ 1.3%
2023
$120,631.36▲ 6.5%
2022
Senior Principal Research Engineer$113,318.27▲ 0.4%
2021
Senior Principal Research Engineer$112,821.31▲ 2.6%
2020
Senior Principal Research Engineer$109,926.29▲ 4.9%
2019
Senior Principal Research Engineer$104,797.37▲ 0.5%
2018
Senior Principal Research Engineer$104,287.48▲ 1.8%
2017
Senior Principal Research Engineer$102,412.05▲ 0.2%
2016First
Senior Principal Research Engineer$102,255.50
10 years total$1.1M total$112,144.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Employee details

Position
Senior Principal Research Engineer
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
10

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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