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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
19962025

  • City of Kingston
  • City of Oshawa
City of Kingston and City of Oshawa, 1996–2025City of Kingston: $115,141 in 2001 to $120,876 in 2025. City of Oshawa: $108,371 in 1998 to $129,468 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 Kingston and City of Oshawa by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of KingstonCity of Oshawa
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025415$120,876423$129,468
2024318$123,897369$122,810
2023299$120,931319$122,298
2022264$117,479319$130,932
2021208$118,060285$120,617
2020227$117,741287$120,306
2019208$113,699259$116,819
2018189$113,644248$117,600
2017174$117,256225$116,068
2016196$123,254204$113,271
201598$108,611229$118,020
201490$109,317125$110,080
201390$107,616117$110,123
201295$109,691147$112,527
2011112$110,09689$106,308
201047$113,64182$105,391
200943$111,86171$105,690
200857$107,58273$107,477
200751$106,77342$110,025
200623$107,70521$117,094
200522$106,87519$113,143
200415$109,15818$109,382
200314$107,85916$107,373
200210$107,56615$112,151
200110$115,14113$110,321
2000<5<55$109,799
1999<5<5<5<5
1998<5<55$108,371
1997<5<5<5<5
1996<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.