City of Kingston vs City of Oshawa: who pays more?
City of Kingston had 415 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $120,876, City of Oshawa 423 with a median of $129,468 — that is 7% more at the median for City of Oshawa, and City of Oshawa lists 1× as many people.
On the list
- City of Kingston
- 415
- City of Oshawa
- 423
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- City of Kingston
- $120,876
- City of Oshawa
- $129,468
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- City of Kingston
- $126,690
- City of Oshawa
- $136,573
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- City of Kingston
- $53.0M
- City of Oshawa
- $58.1M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- City of Kingston
- City of Oshawa
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 Kingston | City of Oshawa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 415 | $120,876 | 423 | $129,468 |
| 2024 | 318 | $123,897 | 369 | $122,810 |
| 2023 | 299 | $120,931 | 319 | $122,298 |
| 2022 | 264 | $117,479 | 319 | $130,932 |
| 2021 | 208 | $118,060 | 285 | $120,617 |
| 2020 | 227 | $117,741 | 287 | $120,306 |
| 2019 | 208 | $113,699 | 259 | $116,819 |
| 2018 | 189 | $113,644 | 248 | $117,600 |
| 2017 | 174 | $117,256 | 225 | $116,068 |
| 2016 | 196 | $123,254 | 204 | $113,271 |
| 2015 | 98 | $108,611 | 229 | $118,020 |
| 2014 | 90 | $109,317 | 125 | $110,080 |
| 2013 | 90 | $107,616 | 117 | $110,123 |
| 2012 | 95 | $109,691 | 147 | $112,527 |
| 2011 | 112 | $110,096 | 89 | $106,308 |
| 2010 | 47 | $113,641 | 82 | $105,391 |
| 2009 | 43 | $111,861 | 71 | $105,690 |
| 2008 | 57 | $107,582 | 73 | $107,477 |
| 2007 | 51 | $106,773 | 42 | $110,025 |
| 2006 | 23 | $107,705 | 21 | $117,094 |
| 2005 | 22 | $106,875 | 19 | $113,143 |
| 2004 | 15 | $109,158 | 18 | $109,382 |
| 2003 | 14 | $107,859 | 16 | $107,373 |
| 2002 | 10 | $107,566 | 15 | $112,151 |
| 2001 | 10 | $115,141 | 13 | $110,321 |
| 2000 | <5 | <5 | 5 | $109,799 |
| 1999 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| 1998 | <5 | <5 | 5 | $108,371 |
| 1997 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| 1996 | — | — | <5 | <5 |
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.