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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
19962025

  • City of Hamilton
  • City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
City of Hamilton and City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission, 1996–2025City of Hamilton: $112,301 in 1997 to $127,716 in 2025. City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission: $103,243 in 1996 to $114,939 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 Hamilton and City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of HamiltonCity of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20253,382$127,7169,614$114,939
20242,991$123,4136,842$113,956
20232,588$118,5744,784$110,842
20222,208$119,9174,804$111,732
20212,105$117,2093,277$110,957
20202,042$115,7343,171$110,363
20191,849$118,5063,033$112,429
20181,761$117,2572,734$110,737
20171,569$112,4562,632$112,033
20161,235$111,6112,307$111,437
20151,651$113,1972,143$112,296
2014973$111,5472,075$114,158
2013849$111,4121,748$110,170
2012819$110,9021,395$109,843
2011751$109,5741,158$109,780
2010868$111,0611,013$109,733
2009335$106,695724$109,587
2008310$107,771548$107,862
2007259$109,318388$105,448
2006140$117,456277$105,749
2005115$114,629134$111,608
2004134$111,78095$108,866
2003101$109,57386$109,773
200264$113,34248$121,025
200138$107,20634$121,811
20006$127,86336$115,889
199911$112,65428$112,970
19988$114,82126$113,847
19979$112,30123$109,415
199624$103,243

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.