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City of Kawartha Lakes vs City of Toronto: who pays more?

City of Kawartha Lakes had 235 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $125,014, City of Toronto 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — that is 2% more at the median for City of Toronto, and City of Toronto lists 56× as many people.

On the list

City of Kawartha Lakes
235
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Kawartha Lakes
$125,014
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Kawartha Lakes
$130,351
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Kawartha Lakes
$30.9M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Kawartha Lakes
  • City of Toronto
City of Kawartha Lakes and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Kawartha Lakes: $108,655 in 2003 to $125,014 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 Kawartha Lakes and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of Kawartha LakesCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025235$125,01413,079$128,018
2024208$121,79510,256$125,118
2023164$120,2989,256$123,848
2022160$118,8198,107$122,667
2021154$116,4127,345$119,193
2020156$119,1647,239$115,178
2019134$112,3286,806$113,267
2018121$111,5486,188$113,493
2017114$109,2385,872$114,019
2016108$108,5444,400$113,699
201587$109,6324,382$113,021
201475$110,7814,901$111,860
201360$107,7984,892$111,793
201266$122,6542,375$112,127
201134$109,4332,189$110,973
201025$107,2842,137$111,128
200924$113,8212,072$113,447
200819$120,4861,552$112,478
200711$108,1281,738$110,895
200610$103,438989$108,239
20058$102,824732$109,811
2004<5<5503$111,467
20035$108,655527$114,005
2002<5<5407$114,334
2001<5<5198$112,434
2000<5<5205$114,732
1999116$107,570
1998100$108,055
199752$110,437
199634$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.