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City of Kitchener vs City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission: who pays more?

City of Kitchener had 620 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $126,758, City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission 9,614 with a median of $114,939 — City of Kitchener pays its listed staff 10% more at the median, and City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission lists 16× as many people.

On the list

City of Kitchener
620
City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
9,614

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Kitchener
$126,758
City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
$114,939

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Kitchener
$132,307
City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
$121,680

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Kitchener
$82.9M
City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
$1.2B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Kitchener
  • City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
City of Kitchener and City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission, 1996–2025City of Kitchener: $101,655 in 2000 to $126,758 in 2025. City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission: $103,243 in 1996 to $114,939 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 – Toronto Transit Commission by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of KitchenerCity of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025620$126,7589,614$114,939
2024513$125,7166,842$113,956
2023417$118,7064,784$110,842
2022376$120,8384,804$111,732
2021339$120,1593,277$110,957
2020353$117,3493,171$110,363
2019352$119,9643,033$112,429
2018341$115,4432,734$110,737
2017294$112,6682,632$112,033
2016273$108,5362,307$111,437
2015302$108,3722,143$112,296
2014207$110,8482,075$114,158
2013120$111,6571,748$110,170
2012105$109,5341,395$109,843
2011108$110,8061,158$109,780
2010110$110,7321,013$109,733
200992$111,934724$109,587
2008113$113,248548$107,862
200741$111,118388$105,448
200624$108,225277$105,749
200521$110,033134$111,608
200421$111,98395$108,866
200311$116,26086$109,773
20029$107,61848$121,025
20018$107,71334$121,811
20006$101,65536$115,889
1999<5<528$112,970
1998<5<526$113,847
1997<5<523$109,415
1996<5<524$103,243

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.