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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Yaqin Hu

Assistant Professor · McMaster University
Assistant ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2019
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$199,215.89
▲ 43.0% since 2019

Yaqin Hu was paid $199,215.89 in total compensation as Assistant Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 99% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Yaqin Hu has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2019, earning $916K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $152,720.00 a year, up 43% over that span.

That is 20% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$199,215.89
Latest compensation
in 2025
$916K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$152,720.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+43.0%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$92K$121K$151K$181K$210K201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Yaqin Hu's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $199,215.89
Lifetime total compensation$916K
Annual average$152,720.00
Total growth since 2019+43.0%
Biggest raise+74.9% (2024)
Biggest drop-35.4% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Assistant Professor$199,215.89▲ 5.5%
2024
Assistant Professor$188,852.44▲ 74.9%
2022
Assistant Professor$107,986.56▼ 35.4%
2021
Assistant Professor$167,215.60▲ 47.1%
2020
Assistant Professor$113,697.50▼ 18.4%
2019First
Assistant Professor$139,354.48
6 years total$916K total$152,720.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Assistant Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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