Susanna O'Brien was paid $230,184.96 in total compensation as Professor / Department Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 130% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Susanna O'Brien has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $2.8M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $166,517.00 a year, up 126% over that span.
That is 39% 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 Susanna O'Brien'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 | $230,184.96 | ▲ 5.4% |
2024 | $218,362.68 | ▲ 1.2% |
2023 | $215,801.10 | ▲ 3.1% |
2022 | $209,238.62 | ▲ 3.4% |
2021 | $202,441.07 | ▼ 0.8% |
2020 | $204,147.91 | ▲ 16.2% |
2019 | $175,617.68 | ▲ 1.8% |
2018 | $172,596.38 | ▲ 4.4% |
2017 | $165,369.77 | ▲ 9.9% |
2016 | $150,476.95 | ▼ 2.3% |
2015 | $154,028.70 | ▲ 10.5% |
2014 | $139,330.17 | ▲ 9.6% |
2013 | $127,154.91 | ▼ 0.7% |
2012 | $127,995.47 | ▲ 5.3% |
2011 | $121,535.44 | ▲ 6.2% |
2010 | $114,454.86 | ▲ 12.1% |
2009First | $102,056.72 | — |
| 17 years total | $2.8M total | $166,517.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor / Department Chair
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
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