Yanqiu Rachel Zhou was paid $205,828.68 in total compensation as Professor / Director at McMaster University in 2025, 106% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Yanqiu Rachel Zhou has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2012, earning $1.0M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $148,753.00 a year, up 96% over that span.
That is 24% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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7 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Yanqiu Rachel Zhou's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
7 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $205,828.68 | ▲ 10.6% |
2024 | $186,025.34 | ▼ 0.4% |
2023 | $186,734.38 | ▲ 34.3% |
2016 | $139,020.20 | ▲ 17.9% |
2014 | $117,935.67 | ▲ 17.2% |
2013 | $100,605.32 | ▼ 4.3% |
2012First | $105,123.22 | — |
| 7 years total | $1.0M total | $148,753.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor / Director
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2012
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 7
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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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