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
1996–2025
- City of Kingston
- City of Toronto
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 Toronto | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 415 | $120,876 | 13,079 | $128,018 |
| 2024 | 318 | $123,897 | 10,256 | $125,118 |
| 2023 | 299 | $120,931 | 9,256 | $123,848 |
| 2022 | 264 | $117,479 | 8,107 | $122,667 |
| 2021 | 208 | $118,060 | 7,345 | $119,193 |
| 2020 | 227 | $117,741 | 7,239 | $115,178 |
| 2019 | 208 | $113,699 | 6,806 | $113,267 |
| 2018 | 189 | $113,644 | 6,188 | $113,493 |
| 2017 | 174 | $117,256 | 5,872 | $114,019 |
| 2016 | 196 | $123,254 | 4,400 | $113,699 |
| 2015 | 98 | $108,611 | 4,382 | $113,021 |
| 2014 | 90 | $109,317 | 4,901 | $111,860 |
| 2013 | 90 | $107,616 | 4,892 | $111,793 |
| 2012 | 95 | $109,691 | 2,375 | $112,127 |
| 2011 | 112 | $110,096 | 2,189 | $110,973 |
| 2010 | 47 | $113,641 | 2,137 | $111,128 |
| 2009 | 43 | $111,861 | 2,072 | $113,447 |
| 2008 | 57 | $107,582 | 1,552 | $112,478 |
| 2007 | 51 | $106,773 | 1,738 | $110,895 |
| 2006 | 23 | $107,705 | 989 | $108,239 |
| 2005 | 22 | $106,875 | 732 | $109,811 |
| 2004 | 15 | $109,158 | 503 | $111,467 |
| 2003 | 14 | $107,859 | 527 | $114,005 |
| 2002 | 10 | $107,566 | 407 | $114,334 |
| 2001 | 10 | $115,141 | 198 | $112,434 |
| 2000 | <5 | <5 | 205 | $114,732 |
| 1999 | <5 | <5 | 116 | $107,570 |
| 1998 | <5 | <5 | 100 | $108,055 |
| 1997 | <5 | <5 | 52 | $110,437 |
| 1996 | — | — | 34 | $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.