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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
19962025

  • City of Greater Sudbury
  • City of Thunder Bay
City of Greater Sudbury and City of Thunder Bay, 1996–2025City of Greater Sudbury: $102,575 in 1996 to $123,464 in 2025. City of Thunder Bay: $108,820 in 1998 to $130,974 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 Greater Sudbury and City of Thunder Bay by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of Greater SudburyCity of Thunder Bay
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025807$123,464759$130,974
2024719$123,416699$120,642
2023688$121,908639$123,184
2022617$124,370599$122,384
2021540$117,287547$121,667
2020593$115,272559$121,962
2019527$115,666452$115,426
2018473$113,523424$113,598
2017435$113,408428$111,447
2016381$110,582313$113,364
2015418$112,798235$110,636
2014297$109,603245$113,902
2013247$109,552251$112,569
2012196$109,997155$111,496
2011206$112,133244$116,679
2010137$109,129116$109,519
200999$108,26075$110,789
200875$107,49359$111,194
200751$110,88571$108,021
200646$108,64623$112,385
200550$106,26221$110,295
200434$111,23714$111,154
200314$120,7967$105,192
200214$120,0365$112,230
200113$116,531<5<5
20009$109,509<5<5
19997$108,7695$104,139
19989$104,5156$108,820
19979$105,333
19968$102,575

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.