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On the 2024 Sunshine List · 9 years

Zainab Samaan

Professor · McMaster University
ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2014
2024 Total Compensation Paid
$125,548.71
▲ 0.8% since 2014

Zainab Samaan was paid $125,548.71 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2024, 26% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Zainab Samaan has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2014, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $131,790.00 a year, up 1% over that span.

That is 24% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$125,548.71
Latest compensation
in 2024
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$131,790.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+0.8%
Career growth
since 2014
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$98K$116K$133K$151K$168K201420152018201920202021202220232024
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Zainab Samaan's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2022 · $161,905.30
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$131,790.00
Total growth since 2014+0.8%
Biggest raise+23.1% (2021)
Biggest drop-19.1% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2024Latest
Professor$125,548.71▼ 19.1%
2023
$155,214.88▼ 4.1%
2022★ Best
Professor$161,905.30▲ 6.4%
2021
Professor↑ role changed$152,203.87▲ 23.1%
2020
Associate Professor$123,667.89▲ 1.1%
2019
Associate Professor$122,327.90▲ 8.3%
2018
Associate Professor$112,926.60▲ 4.8%
2015
Associate Professor$107,796.06▼ 13.4%
2014First
Associate Professor$124,517.14
9 years total$1.2M total$131,790.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2014
Latest disclosure
2024
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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