Paul O'Byrne appears on the Ontario Sunshine List with a 2025 disclosed salary of $463,235 plus $9,567 in taxable benefits (total $472,802). Paul is listed as Dean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) / Professor at McMaster University, in the Universities sector.
Paul has been disclosed in 24 of the 28 years between 1998 and 2025. Their reported salary has grown from $143,265 in 1998 to $463,235 in 2025 — a 223.3% change over 27 years.
Within the Universities sector that year, Paul's $463,235 placed them in the 100th percentile (sector average: $165,197). Across the entire 2025 disclosure, this places them in the top 1% of all disclosed earners that year.
The interactive timeline and year-by-year breakdown below show every year Paul has been disclosed under the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure.
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$463K
Current Salary
2025
$473K
Total Comp.
Incl. $9,567 benefits
24
Years on List
1998–2025
+223.3%
Salary Growth
1998–2025
+$280 vs previous year
Sector avg $165,197 · Range $100K\u2013$657K
Earns more than 100% of disclosed employees.
2025
Dean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) / Professor
McMaster University
$463,235
+$280
2024
Dean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) / Professor
McMaster University
$462,955
+$3,582
2023
Dean and Vice President (Health Sciences) / Professor
McMaster University
$459,373
+$12,207
2022
Dean and Vice President (Health Sciences) / Professor
McMaster University
$447,166
+$350
2018
Professor/Dean and Vice President, Health Sciences
McMaster University
$446,816
-$17,000
2017
Dean and Vice President (Health Sciences) / Professor
McMaster University
$463,816
+$92,536
2016
Professor
McMaster University
$371,280
+$48,877
2015
Professor
McMaster University
$322,404
-$6,487
2014
Professor / Department Chair
McMaster University
$328,891
-$344
2013
Professor/Department Chair
McMaster University
$329,235
+$25,149
2012
Professor/Department Chair
McMaster University
$304,086
+$29,090
2011
Professor/Department Chair
McMaster University
$274,996
-$571
2010
Professor/Department Chair
McMaster University
$275,567
-$4,471
2009
Professor/Department Chair
McMaster University
$280,038
+$17,020
2008
Professor/Department Chair
McMaster University
$263,019
+$59,915
2007
Professor
McMaster University
$203,104
+$44,261
2006
Chair & Professor
McMaster University
$158,843
-$745
2005
Department Chair/Professor
McMaster University
$159,588
-$1,135
2004
Department Chair/Professor
McMaster University
$160,723
+$311
2003
Department Chair & Professor
McMaster University
$160,412
+$10,356
2002
Department Chair & Professor
McMaster University
$150,056
+$6,820
2000
Professor
McMaster University
$143,236
-$9
1999
Professor
McMaster University
$143,245
-$19
1998
Professor, Health Sciences
McMaster University
$143,265