City of Guelph – Guelph Police Service vs County of Essex: who pays more?
City of Guelph – Guelph Police Service had 265 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $131,265, County of Essex 286 with a median of $112,001 — City of Guelph – Guelph Police Service pays its listed staff 17% more at the median, and County of Essex lists 1.1× as many people.
On the list
- City of Guelph – Guelph Police Service
- 265
- County of Essex
- 286
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- City of Guelph – Guelph Police Service
- $131,265
- County of Essex
- $112,001
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- City of Guelph – Guelph Police Service
- $135,507
- County of Essex
- $120,560
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- City of Guelph – Guelph Police Service
- $36.3M
- County of Essex
- $34.7M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1998–2025
- City of Guelph – Guelph Police Service
- County of Essex
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 Guelph – Guelph Police Service | County of Essex | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 265 | $131,265 | 286 | $112,001 |
| 2024 | 215 | $124,024 | 236 | $110,660 |
| 2023 | 211 | $125,457 | 185 | $110,415 |
| 2022 | 188 | $119,759 | 132 | $109,808 |
| 2021 | 170 | $117,893 | 84 | $109,491 |
| 2020 | 190 | $119,668 | 92 | $111,400 |
| 2019 | 179 | $112,228 | 51 | $112,562 |
| 2018 | 166 | $112,503 | 44 | $113,515 |
| 2017 | 160 | $111,262 | 33 | $111,647 |
| 2016 | 174 | $109,359 | 36 | $110,007 |
| 2015 | 99 | $107,628 | 26 | $124,914 |
| 2014 | 108 | $110,197 | 25 | $116,235 |
| 2013 | 57 | $111,741 | 18 | $113,683 |
| 2012 | 71 | $108,761 | 19 | $111,295 |
| 2011 | 36 | $106,174 | 18 | $107,961 |
| 2010 | 35 | $108,817 | 18 | $106,290 |
| 2009 | 27 | $108,067 | 21 | $108,918 |
| 2008 | 28 | $108,504 | 8 | $109,286 |
| 2007 | 23 | $109,063 | 6 | $106,521 |
| 2006 | — | — | 8 | $104,779 |
| 2005 | 8 | $107,133 | 5 | $100,568 |
| 2004 | 9 | $103,787 | 10 | $130,271 |
| 2003 | — | — | 18 | $105,488 |
| 1998 | — | — | <5 | <5 |
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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.