City of Hamilton vs City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission: who pays more?
In 2025 City of Hamilton listed 3,382 employees with a median of $127,716; City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission listed 9,614 with a median of $114,939 — City of Hamilton pays its listed staff 11% more at the median, and City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission lists 2.8× as many people.
On the list
- City of Hamilton
- 3,382
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
- 9,614
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- City of Hamilton
- $127,716
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
- $114,939
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- City of Hamilton
- $133,050
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
- $121,680
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- City of Hamilton
- $452.6M
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
- $1.2B
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- City of Hamilton
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
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 Hamilton | City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 3,382 | $127,716 | 9,614 | $114,939 |
| 2024 | 2,991 | $123,413 | 6,842 | $113,956 |
| 2023 | 2,588 | $118,574 | 4,784 | $110,842 |
| 2022 | 2,208 | $119,917 | 4,804 | $111,732 |
| 2021 | 2,105 | $117,209 | 3,277 | $110,957 |
| 2020 | 2,042 | $115,734 | 3,171 | $110,363 |
| 2019 | 1,849 | $118,506 | 3,033 | $112,429 |
| 2018 | 1,761 | $117,257 | 2,734 | $110,737 |
| 2017 | 1,569 | $112,456 | 2,632 | $112,033 |
| 2016 | 1,235 | $111,611 | 2,307 | $111,437 |
| 2015 | 1,651 | $113,197 | 2,143 | $112,296 |
| 2014 | 973 | $111,547 | 2,075 | $114,158 |
| 2013 | 849 | $111,412 | 1,748 | $110,170 |
| 2012 | 819 | $110,902 | 1,395 | $109,843 |
| 2011 | 751 | $109,574 | 1,158 | $109,780 |
| 2010 | 868 | $111,061 | 1,013 | $109,733 |
| 2009 | 335 | $106,695 | 724 | $109,587 |
| 2008 | 310 | $107,771 | 548 | $107,862 |
| 2007 | 259 | $109,318 | 388 | $105,448 |
| 2006 | 140 | $117,456 | 277 | $105,749 |
| 2005 | 115 | $114,629 | 134 | $111,608 |
| 2004 | 134 | $111,780 | 95 | $108,866 |
| 2003 | 101 | $109,573 | 86 | $109,773 |
| 2002 | 64 | $113,342 | 48 | $121,025 |
| 2001 | 38 | $107,206 | 34 | $121,811 |
| 2000 | 6 | $127,863 | 36 | $115,889 |
| 1999 | 11 | $112,654 | 28 | $112,970 |
| 1998 | 8 | $114,821 | 26 | $113,847 |
| 1997 | 9 | $112,301 | 23 | $109,415 |
| 1996 | — | — | 24 | $103,243 |
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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.