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On the 2022 Sunshine List · 10 years

Thomas Adams

Professor · McMaster University
ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2013
2022 Total Compensation Paid
$145,010.42
▲ 41.5% since 2013

Thomas Adams was paid $145,010.42 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2022, 45% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Thomas Adams has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 10 times since 2013, earning $1.4M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $140,554.00 a year, up 42% over that span.

That is 13% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$145,010.42
Latest compensation
in 2022
$1.4M
Total compensation
across 10 years
$140,554.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+41.5%
Career growth
since 2013
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FIG. 01

10 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$88K$114K$140K$165K$191K2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2021 · $181,455.88
Lifetime total compensation$1.4M
Annual average$140,554.00
Total growth since 2013+41.5%
Biggest raise+12.8% (2015)
Biggest drop-20.1% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

10 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2022Latest
Professor↑ role changed$145,010.42▼ 20.1%
2021★ Best
Associate Professor / Associate Chair$181,455.88▲ 5.3%
2020
Associate Professor / Associate Chair↑ role changed$172,358.66▲ 11.3%
2019
Associate Chair / Associate Professor↑ role changed$154,806.91▲ 3.8%
2018
Associate Professor/Associate Chair↑ role changed$149,185.78▲ 8.3%
2017
Associate Professor / Associate Chair$137,797.39▲ 6.4%
2016
Associate Professor / Associate Chair↑ role changed$129,467.15▲ 4.8%
2015
Assistant Professor/Associate Chair↑ role changed$123,480.30▲ 12.8%
2014
Assistant Professor$109,502.60▲ 6.9%
2013First
Assistant Professor$102,472.27
10 years total$1.4M total$140,554.00 avg
FIG. 04

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Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2022
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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