City of Greater Sudbury vs City of Thunder Bay: who pays more?
City of Greater Sudbury had 807 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $123,464, City of Thunder Bay 759 with a median of $130,974 — that is 6% more at the median for City of Thunder Bay, and City of Greater Sudbury lists 1.1× as many people.
On the list
- City of Greater Sudbury
- 807
- City of Thunder Bay
- 759
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- City of Greater Sudbury
- $123,464
- City of Thunder Bay
- $130,974
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- City of Greater Sudbury
- $129,699
- City of Thunder Bay
- $136,997
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- City of Greater Sudbury
- $105.7M
- City of Thunder Bay
- $105.9M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- City of Greater Sudbury
- City of Thunder Bay
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
| Year | City of Greater Sudbury | City of Thunder Bay | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 807 | $123,464 | 759 | $130,974 |
| 2024 | 719 | $123,416 | 699 | $120,642 |
| 2023 | 688 | $121,908 | 639 | $123,184 |
| 2022 | 617 | $124,370 | 599 | $122,384 |
| 2021 | 540 | $117,287 | 547 | $121,667 |
| 2020 | 593 | $115,272 | 559 | $121,962 |
| 2019 | 527 | $115,666 | 452 | $115,426 |
| 2018 | 473 | $113,523 | 424 | $113,598 |
| 2017 | 435 | $113,408 | 428 | $111,447 |
| 2016 | 381 | $110,582 | 313 | $113,364 |
| 2015 | 418 | $112,798 | 235 | $110,636 |
| 2014 | 297 | $109,603 | 245 | $113,902 |
| 2013 | 247 | $109,552 | 251 | $112,569 |
| 2012 | 196 | $109,997 | 155 | $111,496 |
| 2011 | 206 | $112,133 | 244 | $116,679 |
| 2010 | 137 | $109,129 | 116 | $109,519 |
| 2009 | 99 | $108,260 | 75 | $110,789 |
| 2008 | 75 | $107,493 | 59 | $111,194 |
| 2007 | 51 | $110,885 | 71 | $108,021 |
| 2006 | 46 | $108,646 | 23 | $112,385 |
| 2005 | 50 | $106,262 | 21 | $110,295 |
| 2004 | 34 | $111,237 | 14 | $111,154 |
| 2003 | 14 | $120,796 | 7 | $105,192 |
| 2002 | 14 | $120,036 | 5 | $112,230 |
| 2001 | 13 | $116,531 | <5 | <5 |
| 2000 | 9 | $109,509 | <5 | <5 |
| 1999 | 7 | $108,769 | 5 | $104,139 |
| 1998 | 9 | $104,515 | 6 | $108,820 |
| 1997 | 9 | $105,333 | — | — |
| 1996 | 8 | $102,575 | — | — |
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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.