Sigal Balshine

$247,149.89asProfessor / Associate Chair

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

Salary Information

Historical salary and taxable benefits from 2006 to 2025.

YearPositionSalaryBenefitsPerformance
2025
Professor / Associate Chair
$247,149.89
$517.20
5.19%
2024
Associate Chair / Professor
$234,963.17
$517.20
3.06%
2023
Associate Chair / Professor
$227,979.77
$501.36
9.32%
2022
Associate Chair / Professor
$208,549.66
$449.20
4.18%
2021
Professor
$200,184.75
$392.40
1.59%
2020
Professor
$203,423.40
$347.95
3.45%
2019
Professor
$196,630.20
$272.16
3.77%
2018
Professor
$189,482.80
$217.68
3.7%
2017
Professor
$182,726.44
$237.13
3.86%
2016
Professor
$175,936.97
$227.15
6.88%
2015
Professor
$164,619.07
$194.46
3.99%
2014
Professor
$158,310.36
$174.72
8.3%
2013
Professor
$146,171.22
$174.72
1.41%
2012
Professor
$148,263.55
$174.72
4.71%
2011
Professor
$141,589.30
$194.04
5.46%
2010
Associate Professor
$134,254.61
$213.36
6.21%
2009
Associate Professor
$126,407.56
$233.79
6.74%
2008
Associate Professor
$118,425.15
$271.55
6.82%
2007
Associate Professor
$110,860.80
$283.70
8.55%
2006
Associate Professor
$102,128.62
$285.91

Sigal Balshine earned $247,149.89 as Professor / Associate Chair at McMaster University in 2025, according to the Ontario Sunshine List. This represents a 5.19% increase over the previous year's reported salary. Sigal Balshine has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 20 times between 2006 and 2025, with reported earnings peaking at $247,149.89 in 2025. In addition to salary, $517.20 in taxable benefits was disclosed for 2025. McMaster University reports under the Universities sector of Ontario's public sector salary disclosure.

Top earning Professor / Associate Chairs in McMaster University

NameSalary
Wael El-Dakhakhni$253,645.46
Sigal Balshine$247,149.89
Wolfram Kahl$242,201.21
Natalia Koleva Nikolova$241,592.56
Kari Dalnoki-Veress$240,617.52
Xun Li$237,538.52
Adrian Howard Kitai$230,810.25
Jacques Carette$230,105.72
Shui Feng$229,725.11
Nicola Nicolici$229,457.74

Other employees at McMaster University

NameSalary
Gillian Ruth Goward
Professor / Associate Dean
$248,590.46
Jon Barrett
Professor
$248,588.99
Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan
Professor
$248,017.92
Kevin Veenstra
Associate Professor
$247,960.49
Mel Rutherford
Professor / Department Chair
$247,571.52
Stephanie Atkinson
Professor
$246,601.95
Manish Kacker
Associate Professor
$246,548.32
Bruce Charles Wainman
Professor
$246,459.90
Bradd Hart
Professor
$246,209.66
Glen Randall
Professor / Director / Area Chair
$246,180.08