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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
19982025

  • City of Guelph – Guelph Police Service
  • County of Essex
City of Guelph – Guelph Police Service and County of Essex, 1998–2025City of Guelph – Guelph Police Service: $103,787 in 2004 to $131,265 in 2025. County of Essex: $105,488 in 2003 to $112,001 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K1998201020172025

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 Guelph – Guelph Police Service and County of Essex by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of Guelph – Guelph Police ServiceCounty of Essex
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025265$131,265286$112,001
2024215$124,024236$110,660
2023211$125,457185$110,415
2022188$119,759132$109,808
2021170$117,89384$109,491
2020190$119,66892$111,400
2019179$112,22851$112,562
2018166$112,50344$113,515
2017160$111,26233$111,647
2016174$109,35936$110,007
201599$107,62826$124,914
2014108$110,19725$116,235
201357$111,74118$113,683
201271$108,76119$111,295
201136$106,17418$107,961
201035$108,81718$106,290
200927$108,06721$108,918
200828$108,5048$109,286
200723$109,0636$106,521
20068$104,779
20058$107,1335$100,568
20049$103,78710$130,271
200318$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.