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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Vanessa Watts

Associate Professor / Department Chair · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$190,702.81
▲ 88.0% since 2017

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.

$190,702.81
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$147,081.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+88.0%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$85K$114K$143K$172K$201K20172018201920202022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Vanessa Watts's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $190,702.81
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$147,081.00
Total growth since 2017+88.0%
Biggest raise+25.9% (2022)
Biggest drop-2.2% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Professor / Department Chair↑ role changed$190,702.81▲ 9.8%
2024
Associate Professor$173,613.61▲ 4.4%
2023
$166,362.49▲ 1.9%
2022
Assistant Professor$163,252.44▲ 25.9%
2020
Assistant Professor↑ role changed$129,641.85▼ 2.2%
2019
Director / Assistant Professor↑ role changed$132,578.37▲ 11.4%
2018
Assistant Professor/Director↑ role changed$119,038.11▲ 17.3%
2017First
Lecturer / Director$101,458.40
8 years total$1.2M total$147,081.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor / Department Chair
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
8

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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