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On the 2017 Sunshine List · 9 years

Susan Birnie

Executive Director,Education Services · Mcmaster University
2017 Total Compensation Paid
$185,590.28
▲ 47.8% since 2009

Susan Birnie was paid $185,590.28 in total compensation as Executive Director,Education Services at Mcmaster University in 2017, 86% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Susan Birnie has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2009, earning $1.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $148,103.00 a year, up 48% over that span.

That is 12% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed Mcmaster University employees.

$185,590.28
Latest compensation
in 2017
$1.3M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$148,103.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+47.8%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$114K$133K$153K$173K$193K200920102011201220132014201520162017
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Susan Birnie's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2017 · $185,590.28
Lifetime total compensation$1.3M
Annual average$148,103.00
Total growth since 2009+47.8%
Biggest raise+14.1% (2017)
Biggest drop-0.7% (2010)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2017Latest★ Best
Executive Director,Education Services↑ role changed$185,590.28▲ 14.1%
2016
Director$162,680.84▲ 2.9%
2015
Director$158,128.88▲ 2.9%
2014
Director$153,660.27▲ 3.3%
2013
Director$148,768.72▲ 2.2%
2012
Director$145,534.02▲ 13.4%
2011
Director$128,339.24▲ 3.0%
2010
Director↑ role changed$124,644.16▼ 0.7%
2009First
Administrator Education Services/Assistant Professor$125,581.27
9 years total$1.3M total$148,103.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Executive Director,Education Services
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2017
Years on list
9

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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