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City of Burlington vs County of Simcoe: who pays more?

In 2025 City of Burlington listed 554 employees with a median of $131,905; County of Simcoe listed 584 with a median of $115,219 — City of Burlington pays its listed staff 14% more at the median, and County of Simcoe lists 1.1× as many people.

On the list

City of Burlington
554
County of Simcoe
584

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Burlington
$131,905
County of Simcoe
$115,219

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Burlington
$135,593
County of Simcoe
$122,077

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Burlington
$75.6M
County of Simcoe
$71.7M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Burlington
  • County of Simcoe
City of Burlington and County of Simcoe, 1996–2025City of Burlington: $103,777 in 1998 to $131,905 in 2025. County of Simcoe: $115,945 in 2006 to $115,219 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 County of Simcoe by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of BurlingtonCounty of Simcoe
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025554$131,905584$115,219
2024505$128,249514$115,011
2023457$126,943378$113,468
2022393$125,320295$112,489
2021341$121,669271$110,906
2020319$123,420252$111,156
2019290$116,628166$112,264
2018268$131,687129$112,073
2017189$109,567133$110,376
2016164$108,181115$109,518
2015232$116,099101$108,771
2014116$110,39772$113,461
2013105$111,72855$119,840
2012116$111,39059$107,576
201191$109,71834$113,825
201083$112,64830$113,378
200987$110,37328$112,103
200865$110,84031$120,359
200760$109,02817$114,002
200631$126,53112$115,945
200527$125,401<5<5
200421$122,132<5<5
200317$116,041<5<5
200215$110,397
20019$103,672<5<5
2000<5<5
1999<5<5
19985$103,777
1997<5<5
1996<5<5

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.