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City of Barrie vs City of Toronto: who pays more?

City of Barrie had 817 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $129,916, City of Toronto 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — City of Barrie pays its listed staff 1% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 16× as many people.

On the list

City of Barrie
817
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Barrie
$129,916
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Barrie
$133,419
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Barrie
$109.7M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Barrie
  • City of Toronto
City of Barrie and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Barrie: $114,046 in 2002 to $129,916 in 2025. City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K1996200620152025

Median salary paid on each employer’s Sunshine List filing. A gap is a year the employer filed nobody under this name.

Year by year

City of Barrie and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of BarrieCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025817$129,91613,079$128,018
2024712$126,12410,256$125,118
2023662$123,7599,256$123,848
2022595$121,1218,107$122,667
2021557$119,6317,345$119,193
2020572$120,2397,239$115,178
2019516$115,3136,806$113,267
2018482$113,4156,188$113,493
2017453$111,7325,872$114,019
2016427$110,6094,400$113,699
2015373$110,0964,382$113,021
2014319$113,6674,901$111,860
2013171$108,7944,892$111,793
2012190$109,3072,375$112,127
2011177$108,7352,189$110,973
2010148$108,4772,137$111,128
2009105$109,9502,072$113,447
2008101$108,5601,552$112,478
200791$109,1771,738$110,895
200636$109,427989$108,239
200524$108,061732$109,811
200414$111,345503$111,467
20039$115,341527$114,005
200210$114,046407$114,334
2001<5<5198$112,434
2000<5<5205$114,732
1999116$107,570
1998<5<5100$108,055
199752$110,437
199634$107,575

Related questions

Method. Medians and averages are salary paid; listed payroll is total compensation (salary plus taxable benefits), as filed. Both sides come from the same Ontario Sunshine List, which covers only public-sector employees paid $100,000 or more — so this compares the shape of each employer’s six-figure payroll, not its whole workforce, and an employer with more low-paid staff simply lists fewer of them. A side with fewer than five people keeps its count but shows “<5” instead of a median, average or payroll figure, since any of those would be that handful of people’s own numbers. Sector: Municipalities & Services. Data runs through 2025.