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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Zhen He

Assistant Professor · McMaster University
Assistant ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2016
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$171,968.57
▲ 55.4% since 2016

Zhen He was paid $171,968.57 in total compensation as Assistant Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 72% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Zhen He has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2016, earning $1.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $142,494.00 a year, up 55% over that span.

That is 4% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$171,968.57
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.3M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$142,494.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+55.4%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$93K$114K$136K$158K$180K201620172019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $171,968.57
Lifetime total compensation$1.3M
Annual average$142,494.00
Total growth since 2016+55.4%
Biggest raise+19.0% (2019)
Biggest drop-5.4% (2017)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Assistant Professor$171,968.57▲ 2.8%
2024
Assistant Professor$167,344.00▲ 0.1%
2023
$167,096.00▲ 10.5%
2022
Assistant Professor$151,258.98▲ 6.3%
2021
Assistant Professor$142,267.75▼ 0.1%
2020
Assistant Professor$142,454.04▲ 14.3%
2019
Assistant Professor$124,629.04▲ 19.0%
2017
Assistant Professor$104,732.28▼ 5.4%
2016First
Assistant Professor$110,691.38
9 years total$1.3M total$142,494.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Assistant Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
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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