Vanessa Watts was paid $190,702.81 in total compensation as Associate Professor / Department Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 91% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Vanessa Watts has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2017, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $147,081.00 a year, up 88% over that span.
That is 15% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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8 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Vanessa Watts's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
8 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $190,702.81 | ▲ 9.8% |
2024 | $173,613.61 | ▲ 4.4% |
2023 | $166,362.49 | ▲ 1.9% |
2022 | $163,252.44 | ▲ 25.9% |
2020 | $129,641.85 | ▼ 2.2% |
2019 | $132,578.37 | ▲ 11.4% |
2018 | $119,038.11 | ▲ 17.3% |
2017First | $101,458.40 | — |
| 8 years total | $1.2M total | $147,081.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Associate Professor / Department Chair
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2017
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 8
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