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City of Kingston vs City of Toronto: who pays more?

City of Kingston had 415 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $120,876, City of Toronto 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — that is 6% more at the median for City of Toronto, and City of Toronto lists 32× as many people.

On the list

City of Kingston
415
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Kingston
$120,876
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Kingston
$126,690
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Kingston
$53.0M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Kingston
  • City of Toronto
City of Kingston and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Kingston: $115,141 in 2001 to $120,876 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 Kingston and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of KingstonCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025415$120,87613,079$128,018
2024318$123,89710,256$125,118
2023299$120,9319,256$123,848
2022264$117,4798,107$122,667
2021208$118,0607,345$119,193
2020227$117,7417,239$115,178
2019208$113,6996,806$113,267
2018189$113,6446,188$113,493
2017174$117,2565,872$114,019
2016196$123,2544,400$113,699
201598$108,6114,382$113,021
201490$109,3174,901$111,860
201390$107,6164,892$111,793
201295$109,6912,375$112,127
2011112$110,0962,189$110,973
201047$113,6412,137$111,128
200943$111,8612,072$113,447
200857$107,5821,552$112,478
200751$106,7731,738$110,895
200623$107,705989$108,239
200522$106,875732$109,811
200415$109,158503$111,467
200314$107,859527$114,005
200210$107,566407$114,334
200110$115,141198$112,434
2000<5<5205$114,732
1999<5<5116$107,570
1998<5<5100$108,055
1997<5<552$110,437
199634$107,575

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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.