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

In 2025 City of Kitchener listed 620 employees with a median of $126,758; City of Toronto listed 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — City of Toronto pays its listed staff 1% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 21× as many people.

On the list

City of Kitchener
620
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Kitchener
$126,758
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Kitchener
$132,307
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Kitchener
$82.9M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Kitchener
  • City of Toronto
City of Kitchener and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Kitchener: $101,655 in 2000 to $126,758 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 Kitchener and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of KitchenerCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025620$126,75813,079$128,018
2024513$125,71610,256$125,118
2023417$118,7069,256$123,848
2022376$120,8388,107$122,667
2021339$120,1597,345$119,193
2020353$117,3497,239$115,178
2019352$119,9646,806$113,267
2018341$115,4436,188$113,493
2017294$112,6685,872$114,019
2016273$108,5364,400$113,699
2015302$108,3724,382$113,021
2014207$110,8484,901$111,860
2013120$111,6574,892$111,793
2012105$109,5342,375$112,127
2011108$110,8062,189$110,973
2010110$110,7322,137$111,128
200992$111,9342,072$113,447
2008113$113,2481,552$112,478
200741$111,1181,738$110,895
200624$108,225989$108,239
200521$110,033732$109,811
200421$111,983503$111,467
200311$116,260527$114,005
20029$107,618407$114,334
20018$107,713198$112,434
20006$101,655205$114,732
1999<5<5116$107,570
1998<5<5100$108,055
1997<5<552$110,437
1996<5<534$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.