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City of Mississauga vs City of Toronto: who pays more?

In 2025 City of Mississauga listed 2,449 employees with a median of $125,358; City of Toronto listed 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — City of Toronto pays its listed staff 2% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 5.3× as many people.

On the list

City of Mississauga
2,449
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Mississauga
$125,358
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Mississauga
$129,508
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Mississauga
$318.9M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Mississauga
  • City of Toronto
City of Mississauga and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Mississauga: $116,888 in 1996 to $125,358 in 2025. City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 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 Mississauga and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of MississaugaCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20252,449$125,35813,079$128,018
20242,099$120,99610,256$125,118
20231,810$121,0499,256$123,848
20221,662$119,2458,107$122,667
20211,501$118,0967,345$119,193
20201,539$117,0387,239$115,178
20191,381$114,5466,806$113,267
20181,363$120,5736,188$113,493
20171,048$110,1035,872$114,019
2016985$109,6944,400$113,699
20151,063$124,1724,382$113,021
2014555$108,7674,901$111,860
2013484$108,5564,892$111,793
2012428$108,3612,375$112,127
2011365$110,0172,189$110,973
2010387$109,9052,137$111,128
2009324$107,8322,072$113,447
2008323$107,9501,552$112,478
2007154$111,2801,738$110,895
2006114$113,453989$108,239
200577$112,751732$109,811
200455$117,126503$111,467
200341$116,353527$114,005
200242$108,330407$114,334
200120$111,714198$112,434
200018$103,018205$114,732
19998$115,722116$107,570
19989$117,386100$108,055
19979$119,63952$110,437
19968$116,88834$107,575

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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.