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

City of Markham had 696 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $131,919, City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission 9,614 with a median of $114,939 — that is 15% more at the median for City of Markham, and City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission lists 14× as many people.

On the list

City of Markham
696
City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
9,614

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Markham
$131,919
City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
$114,939

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Markham
$138,021
City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
$121,680

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Markham
$96.8M
City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
$1.2B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Markham
  • City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
City of Markham and City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission, 1996–2025City of Markham: $122,747 in 1999 to $131,919 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 Markham and City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of MarkhamCity of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025696$131,9199,614$114,939
2024544$118,3566,842$113,956
2023517$119,2994,784$110,842
2022452$117,7704,804$111,732
2021415$116,9643,277$110,957
2020413$116,9213,171$110,363
2019377$117,2743,033$112,429
2018301$114,0182,734$110,737
2017368$123,1202,632$112,033
2016289$113,9662,307$111,437
2015223$116,5152,143$112,296
2014233$113,6962,075$114,158
2013188$115,5921,748$110,170
2012169$114,6861,395$109,843
2011152$113,5731,158$109,780
2010116$108,0221,013$109,733
2009157$110,410724$109,587
2008110$107,877548$107,862
200769$108,887388$105,448
200641$114,576277$105,749
200547$110,702134$111,608
200427$115,00795$108,866
200327$111,31186$109,773
200223$108,64648$121,025
20019$118,50634$121,811
20008$109,08336$115,889
19995$122,74728$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.