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City of Kitchener vs County of Simcoe: who pays more?

In 2025 City of Kitchener listed 620 employees with a median of $126,758; County of Simcoe listed 584 with a median of $115,219 — that is 10% more at the median for City of Kitchener, and City of Kitchener lists 1.1× as many people.

On the list

City of Kitchener
620
County of Simcoe
584

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Kitchener
$126,758
County of Simcoe
$115,219

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Kitchener
$132,307
County of Simcoe
$122,077

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Kitchener
$82.9M
County of Simcoe
$71.7M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Kitchener
  • County of Simcoe
City of Kitchener and County of Simcoe, 1996–2025City of Kitchener: $101,655 in 2000 to $126,758 in 2025. County of Simcoe: $115,945 in 2006 to $115,219 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 County of Simcoe by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of KitchenerCounty of Simcoe
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025620$126,758584$115,219
2024513$125,716514$115,011
2023417$118,706378$113,468
2022376$120,838295$112,489
2021339$120,159271$110,906
2020353$117,349252$111,156
2019352$119,964166$112,264
2018341$115,443129$112,073
2017294$112,668133$110,376
2016273$108,536115$109,518
2015302$108,372101$108,771
2014207$110,84872$113,461
2013120$111,65755$119,840
2012105$109,53459$107,576
2011108$110,80634$113,825
2010110$110,73230$113,378
200992$111,93428$112,103
2008113$113,24831$120,359
200741$111,11817$114,002
200624$108,22512$115,945
200521$110,033<5<5
200421$111,983<5<5
200311$116,260<5<5
20029$107,618
20018$107,713<5<5
20006$101,655
1999<5<5
1998<5<5
1997<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.