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City of Kitchener vs Town of Oakville: who pays more?

In 2025 City of Kitchener listed 620 employees with a median of $126,758; Town of Oakville listed 646 with a median of $123,840 — City of Kitchener pays its listed staff 2% more at the median, and Town of Oakville lists 1× as many people.

On the list

City of Kitchener
620
Town of Oakville
646

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Kitchener
$126,758
Town of Oakville
$123,840

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Kitchener
$132,307
Town of Oakville
$132,485

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Kitchener
$82.9M
Town of Oakville
$86.0M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Kitchener
  • Town of Oakville
City of Kitchener and Town of Oakville, 1996–2025City of Kitchener: $101,655 in 2000 to $126,758 in 2025. Town of Oakville: $104,952 in 1999 to $123,840 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 Town of Oakville by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of KitchenerTown of Oakville
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025620$126,758646$123,840
2024513$125,716589$122,789
2023417$118,706494$118,611
2022376$120,838444$120,752
2021339$120,159406$120,055
2020353$117,349448$117,316
2019352$119,964380$116,265
2018341$115,443371$116,242
2017294$112,668315$117,518
2016273$108,536296$114,892
2015302$108,372253$118,027
2014207$110,848206$117,545
2013120$111,657192$115,062
2012105$109,534178$114,295
2011108$110,806148$110,914
2010110$110,732121$108,681
200992$111,934118$109,214
2008113$113,24878$114,091
200741$111,11863$108,828
200624$108,22525$116,486
200521$110,03324$111,320
200421$111,98318$107,914
200311$116,26017$107,356
20029$107,6189$110,347
20018$107,7138$109,848
20006$101,6557$103,375
1999<5<55$104,952
1998<5<5<5<5
1997<5<5<5<5
1996<5<5<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.