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

City of Burlington had 554 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $131,905, City of Toronto 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — City of Burlington pays its listed staff 3% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 24× as many people.

On the list

City of Burlington
554
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Burlington
$131,905
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Burlington
$135,593
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Burlington
$75.6M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Burlington
  • City of Toronto
City of Burlington and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Burlington: $103,777 in 1998 to $131,905 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 Burlington and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of BurlingtonCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025554$131,90513,079$128,018
2024505$128,24910,256$125,118
2023457$126,9439,256$123,848
2022393$125,3208,107$122,667
2021341$121,6697,345$119,193
2020319$123,4207,239$115,178
2019290$116,6286,806$113,267
2018268$131,6876,188$113,493
2017189$109,5675,872$114,019
2016164$108,1814,400$113,699
2015232$116,0994,382$113,021
2014116$110,3974,901$111,860
2013105$111,7284,892$111,793
2012116$111,3902,375$112,127
201191$109,7182,189$110,973
201083$112,6482,137$111,128
200987$110,3732,072$113,447
200865$110,8401,552$112,478
200760$109,0281,738$110,895
200631$126,531989$108,239
200527$125,401732$109,811
200421$122,132503$111,467
200317$116,041527$114,005
200215$110,397407$114,334
20019$103,672198$112,434
2000<5<5205$114,732
1999<5<5116$107,570
19985$103,777100$108,055
1997<5<552$110,437
1996<5<534$107,575

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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.