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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
19962025

  • City of Kingston
  • Town of Whitby
City of Kingston and Town of Whitby, 1996–2025City of Kingston: $115,141 in 2001 to $120,876 in 2025. Town of Whitby: $108,999 in 2003 to $140,719 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 Town of Whitby by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of KingstonTown of Whitby
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025415$120,876380$140,719
2024318$123,897307$128,449
2023299$120,931257$126,092
2022264$117,479256$136,077
2021208$118,060213$115,618
2020227$117,741198$113,047
2019208$113,699196$118,272
2018189$113,644156$115,158
2017174$117,256148$118,515
2016196$123,254118$109,468
201598$108,611107$112,510
201490$109,317146$131,218
201390$107,61665$110,981
201295$109,69161$108,291
2011112$110,09649$109,708
201047$113,64135$108,386
200943$111,86137$109,517
200857$107,58240$112,091
200751$106,77333$106,747
200623$107,70511$119,500
200522$106,8759$119,995
200415$109,1586$112,014
200314$107,8597$108,999
200210$107,566<5<5
200110$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.