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City of Greater Sudbury vs City of Toronto: who pays more?

City of Greater Sudbury had 807 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $123,464, City of Toronto 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — that is 4% more at the median for City of Toronto, and City of Toronto lists 16× as many people.

On the list

City of Greater Sudbury
807
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Greater Sudbury
$123,464
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Greater Sudbury
$129,699
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Greater Sudbury
$105.7M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Greater Sudbury
  • City of Toronto
City of Greater Sudbury and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Greater Sudbury: $102,575 in 1996 to $123,464 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 Greater Sudbury and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of Greater SudburyCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025807$123,46413,079$128,018
2024719$123,41610,256$125,118
2023688$121,9089,256$123,848
2022617$124,3708,107$122,667
2021540$117,2877,345$119,193
2020593$115,2727,239$115,178
2019527$115,6666,806$113,267
2018473$113,5236,188$113,493
2017435$113,4085,872$114,019
2016381$110,5824,400$113,699
2015418$112,7984,382$113,021
2014297$109,6034,901$111,860
2013247$109,5524,892$111,793
2012196$109,9972,375$112,127
2011206$112,1332,189$110,973
2010137$109,1292,137$111,128
200999$108,2602,072$113,447
200875$107,4931,552$112,478
200751$110,8851,738$110,895
200646$108,646989$108,239
200550$106,262732$109,811
200434$111,237503$111,467
200314$120,796527$114,005
200214$120,036407$114,334
200113$116,531198$112,434
20009$109,509205$114,732
19997$108,769116$107,570
19989$104,515100$108,055
19979$105,33352$110,437
19968$102,57534$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.