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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Zahra Keshavarz Motamed

Associate Professor / Instructor · McMaster University
Associate Professor / InstructorOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$169,337.10
▲ 63.2% since 2017

Zahra Keshavarz Motamed was paid $169,337.10 in total compensation as Associate Professor / Instructor at McMaster University in 2025, 69% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Zahra Keshavarz Motamed has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $132,413.00 a year, up 63% over that span.

That is 2% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$169,337.10
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$132,413.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+63.2%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$92K$113K$135K$156K$177K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Zahra Keshavarz Motamed's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $169,337.10
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$132,413.00
Total growth since 2017+63.2%
Biggest raise+10.2% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Professor / Instructor↑ role changed$169,337.10▲ 5.0%
2024
Associate Professor / Part-Time Instructor$161,262.76▲ 10.2%
2023
$146,348.48▲ 6.7%
2022
Assistant Professor$137,159.14▲ 6.4%
2021
Assistant Professor$128,936.29▲ 6.1%
2020
Assistant Professor$121,483.83▲ 5.6%
2019
Assistant Professor$115,054.57▲ 6.1%
2018
Assistant Professor$108,391.85▲ 4.5%
2017First
Assistant Professor$103,747.37
9 years total$1.2M total$132,413.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor / Instructor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

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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