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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Zhong Li

Associate Professor / Associate Chair · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$166,380.60
▲ 40.5% since 2020

Zhong Li was paid $166,380.60 in total compensation as Associate Professor / Associate Chair at McMaster University in 2025, 66% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Zhong Li has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $823K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $137,134.00 a year, up 41% over that span.

That is 0% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$166,380.60
Latest compensation
in 2025
$823K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$137,134.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+40.5%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$110K$125K$141K$157K$172K202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2025 · $166,380.60
Lifetime total compensation$823K
Annual average$137,134.00
Total growth since 2020+40.5%
Biggest raise+21.6% (2023)
Biggest drop-2.5% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Professor / Associate Chair↑ role changed$166,380.60▲ 8.7%
2024
Associate Professor$153,026.43▲ 5.9%
2023
$144,436.38▲ 21.6%
2022
Associate Professor$118,744.80▼ 2.5%
2021
Associate Professor↑ role changed$121,834.39▲ 2.9%
2020First
Assistant Professor$118,381.14
6 years total$823K total$137,134.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Professor / Associate Chair
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
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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