City of Kingston vs Town of Whitby: who pays more?
City of Kingston had 415 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $120,876, Town of Whitby 380 with a median of $140,719 — that is 16% more at the median for Town of Whitby, and City of Kingston lists 1.1× as many people.
On the list
- City of Kingston
- 415
- Town of Whitby
- 380
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- City of Kingston
- $120,876
- Town of Whitby
- $140,719
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- City of Kingston
- $126,690
- Town of Whitby
- $142,190
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- City of Kingston
- $53.0M
- Town of Whitby
- $54.7M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- City of Kingston
- Town of Whitby
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 | Town of Whitby | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 415 | $120,876 | 380 | $140,719 |
| 2024 | 318 | $123,897 | 307 | $128,449 |
| 2023 | 299 | $120,931 | 257 | $126,092 |
| 2022 | 264 | $117,479 | 256 | $136,077 |
| 2021 | 208 | $118,060 | 213 | $115,618 |
| 2020 | 227 | $117,741 | 198 | $113,047 |
| 2019 | 208 | $113,699 | 196 | $118,272 |
| 2018 | 189 | $113,644 | 156 | $115,158 |
| 2017 | 174 | $117,256 | 148 | $118,515 |
| 2016 | 196 | $123,254 | 118 | $109,468 |
| 2015 | 98 | $108,611 | 107 | $112,510 |
| 2014 | 90 | $109,317 | 146 | $131,218 |
| 2013 | 90 | $107,616 | 65 | $110,981 |
| 2012 | 95 | $109,691 | 61 | $108,291 |
| 2011 | 112 | $110,096 | 49 | $109,708 |
| 2010 | 47 | $113,641 | 35 | $108,386 |
| 2009 | 43 | $111,861 | 37 | $109,517 |
| 2008 | 57 | $107,582 | 40 | $112,091 |
| 2007 | 51 | $106,773 | 33 | $106,747 |
| 2006 | 23 | $107,705 | 11 | $119,500 |
| 2005 | 22 | $106,875 | 9 | $119,995 |
| 2004 | 15 | $109,158 | 6 | $112,014 |
| 2003 | 14 | $107,859 | 7 | $108,999 |
| 2002 | 10 | $107,566 | <5 | <5 |
| 2001 | 10 | $115,141 | <5 | <5 |
| 2000 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| 1999 | <5 | <5 | — | — |
| 1998 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| 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.