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
1996–2025
- City of Kitchener
- Town of Oakville
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 | Town of Oakville | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 620 | $126,758 | 646 | $123,840 |
| 2024 | 513 | $125,716 | 589 | $122,789 |
| 2023 | 417 | $118,706 | 494 | $118,611 |
| 2022 | 376 | $120,838 | 444 | $120,752 |
| 2021 | 339 | $120,159 | 406 | $120,055 |
| 2020 | 353 | $117,349 | 448 | $117,316 |
| 2019 | 352 | $119,964 | 380 | $116,265 |
| 2018 | 341 | $115,443 | 371 | $116,242 |
| 2017 | 294 | $112,668 | 315 | $117,518 |
| 2016 | 273 | $108,536 | 296 | $114,892 |
| 2015 | 302 | $108,372 | 253 | $118,027 |
| 2014 | 207 | $110,848 | 206 | $117,545 |
| 2013 | 120 | $111,657 | 192 | $115,062 |
| 2012 | 105 | $109,534 | 178 | $114,295 |
| 2011 | 108 | $110,806 | 148 | $110,914 |
| 2010 | 110 | $110,732 | 121 | $108,681 |
| 2009 | 92 | $111,934 | 118 | $109,214 |
| 2008 | 113 | $113,248 | 78 | $114,091 |
| 2007 | 41 | $111,118 | 63 | $108,828 |
| 2006 | 24 | $108,225 | 25 | $116,486 |
| 2005 | 21 | $110,033 | 24 | $111,320 |
| 2004 | 21 | $111,983 | 18 | $107,914 |
| 2003 | 11 | $116,260 | 17 | $107,356 |
| 2002 | 9 | $107,618 | 9 | $110,347 |
| 2001 | 8 | $107,713 | 8 | $109,848 |
| 2000 | 6 | $101,655 | 7 | $103,375 |
| 1999 | <5 | <5 | 5 | $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.