Xiaolin Wu was paid $129,794.66 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 30% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Xiaolin Wu has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $3.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $196,461.00 a year, down 19% over that span.
That is 22% below 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 Xiaolin Wu'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 | $129,794.66 | ▼ 47.0% |
2024★ Best | $244,897.12 | ▲ 2.6% |
2023 | $238,786.45 | ▼ 0.1% |
2022 | $239,075.34 | ▲ 4.9% |
2021 | $228,001.80 | ▲ 2.5% |
2020 | $222,368.81 | ▲ 2.6% |
2019 | $216,737.03 | ▲ 8.4% |
2018 | $199,935.12 | ▼ 2.4% |
2017 | $204,792.66 | ▲ 3.0% |
2016 | $198,900.31 | ▲ 4.7% |
2015 | $190,027.73 | ▲ 1.8% |
2014 | $186,689.60 | ▲ 2.4% |
2013 | $182,243.22 | ▲ 8.1% |
2012 | $168,565.50 | ▲ 3.0% |
2011 | $163,733.15 | ▼ 1.3% |
2010 | $165,949.31 | ▲ 4.1% |
2009First | $159,337.71 | — |
| 17 years total | $3.3M total | $196,461.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
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