Laurel Trainor

$285,429.57asProfessor / Director

Employed by McMaster University in 2025, according to Government of Ontario public salary records.

Salary Information

Historical salary and taxable benefits from 2005 to 2025.

YearPositionSalaryBenefitsPerformance
2025
Professor / Director
$285,429.57
$474.10
6.81%
2024
Director / Professor
$267,219.55
$517.20
1.9%
2023
Director / Professor
$262,224.80
$501.36
2.66%
2022
Director / Professor
$255,420.19
$449.20
2.93%
2021
Professor / Director
$248,140.47
$392.40
3.36%
2020
Professor / Director
$240,074.68
$347.95
8.3%
2019
Professor / Director
$221,681.19
$272.16
1.67%
2018
Professor/Director
$225,441.32
$217.68
2.16%
2017
Professor / Director
$220,675.72
$227.13
5.78%
2016
Professor / Director
$208,617.62
$227.15
0.34%
2015
Professor/Director
$207,917.12
$194.46
9.18%
2014
Professor / Director
$190,428.96
$174.72
3.02%
2013
Professor/Director
$184,842.90
$174.72
3.31%
2012
Professor/Director
$178,913.55
$174.72
3.78%
2011
Professor/Director
$172,389.96
$194.04
4.25%
2010
Professor/Director
$165,365.18
$213.36
5.77%
2009
Professor/Director
$156,342.82
$233.79
6.05%
2008
Professor
$147,419.52
$271.55
5.24%
2007
Professor
$140,084.28
$283.70
8.81%
2006
Professor
$128,740.02
$294.72
2.75%
2005
Professor
$125,300.16
$295.44

The Ontario Sunshine List reports that Laurel Trainor was paid $285,429.57 in 2025 as Professor / Director at McMaster University. This represents a 6.81% increase over the previous year's reported salary. Laurel Trainor has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 21 times between 2005 and 2025, with reported earnings peaking at $285,429.57 in 2025. In addition to salary, $474.10 in taxable benefits was disclosed for 2025. McMaster University reports under the Universities sector of Ontario's public sector salary disclosure.

Top earning Professor / Directors in McMaster University

NameSalary
Janok Bhattacharya$296,372.45
Laurel Trainor$285,429.57
Michael Robert Veall$272,526.60
Peter Miu$257,673.34
Nabil Bassim$256,547.24
Yiqiang Jin$249,214.76
Stephen Clarence Veldhuis$243,751.29
Patricia Chow-Fraser$243,533.96
Alex Adronov$241,315.29
Blaise Bourdin$240,456.05

Other employees at McMaster University

NameSalary
Ekaterina Malinova
Associate Professor / Chair / Director
$290,379.98
Cameron Currie
Professor
$288,896.00
Daniel Cordovani
Associate Professor
$287,222.62
Benson Honig
Professor / Director / Distinguished Research Professor
$287,007.74
Marvin George Ryder
Associate Professor / Area Chair
$286,941.69
Patrick Bennett
Professor
$283,581.99
Jamal Deen
Professor
$283,571.36
Donald Arnold
Professor
$283,493.72
Bruce D Gaulin
Professor
$282,961.76
Steve Hranilovic
Professor / Vice-Provost and Dean Of Graduate Studies
$281,540.28