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
1996–2025
- City of Kitchener
- County of Simcoe
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 Kitchener | County of Simcoe | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 620 | $126,758 | 584 | $115,219 |
| 2024 | 513 | $125,716 | 514 | $115,011 |
| 2023 | 417 | $118,706 | 378 | $113,468 |
| 2022 | 376 | $120,838 | 295 | $112,489 |
| 2021 | 339 | $120,159 | 271 | $110,906 |
| 2020 | 353 | $117,349 | 252 | $111,156 |
| 2019 | 352 | $119,964 | 166 | $112,264 |
| 2018 | 341 | $115,443 | 129 | $112,073 |
| 2017 | 294 | $112,668 | 133 | $110,376 |
| 2016 | 273 | $108,536 | 115 | $109,518 |
| 2015 | 302 | $108,372 | 101 | $108,771 |
| 2014 | 207 | $110,848 | 72 | $113,461 |
| 2013 | 120 | $111,657 | 55 | $119,840 |
| 2012 | 105 | $109,534 | 59 | $107,576 |
| 2011 | 108 | $110,806 | 34 | $113,825 |
| 2010 | 110 | $110,732 | 30 | $113,378 |
| 2009 | 92 | $111,934 | 28 | $112,103 |
| 2008 | 113 | $113,248 | 31 | $120,359 |
| 2007 | 41 | $111,118 | 17 | $114,002 |
| 2006 | 24 | $108,225 | 12 | $115,945 |
| 2005 | 21 | $110,033 | <5 | <5 |
| 2004 | 21 | $111,983 | <5 | <5 |
| 2003 | 11 | $116,260 | <5 | <5 |
| 2002 | 9 | $107,618 | — | — |
| 2001 | 8 | $107,713 | <5 | <5 |
| 2000 | 6 | $101,655 | — | — |
| 1999 | <5 | <5 | — | — |
| 1998 | <5 | <5 | — | — |
| 1997 | <5 | <5 | — | — |
| 1996 | <5 | <5 | — | — |
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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.