City of Oshawa vs City of Peterborough: who pays more?
In 2025 City of Oshawa listed 423 employees with a median of $129,468; City of Peterborough listed 451 with a median of $129,913 — City of Peterborough pays its listed staff slightly more at the median, and City of Peterborough lists 1.1× as many people.
On the list
- City of Oshawa
- 423
- City of Peterborough
- 451
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- City of Oshawa
- $129,468
- City of Peterborough
- $129,913
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- City of Oshawa
- $136,573
- City of Peterborough
- $136,101
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- City of Oshawa
- $58.1M
- City of Peterborough
- $61.7M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- City of Oshawa
- City of Peterborough
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 Oshawa | City of Peterborough | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 423 | $129,468 | 451 | $129,913 |
| 2024 | 369 | $122,810 | 366 | $125,696 |
| 2023 | 319 | $122,298 | 300 | $119,267 |
| 2022 | 319 | $130,932 | 275 | $119,172 |
| 2021 | 285 | $120,617 | 268 | $118,187 |
| 2020 | 287 | $120,306 | 258 | $113,973 |
| 2019 | 259 | $116,819 | 253 | $114,619 |
| 2018 | 248 | $117,600 | 242 | $110,961 |
| 2017 | 225 | $116,068 | 215 | $110,647 |
| 2016 | 204 | $113,271 | 193 | $110,205 |
| 2015 | 229 | $118,020 | 220 | $111,787 |
| 2014 | 125 | $110,080 | 142 | $108,774 |
| 2013 | 117 | $110,123 | 112 | $108,815 |
| 2012 | 147 | $112,527 | 136 | $112,354 |
| 2011 | 89 | $106,308 | 84 | $109,673 |
| 2010 | 82 | $105,391 | 63 | $111,641 |
| 2009 | 71 | $105,690 | 65 | $110,832 |
| 2008 | 73 | $107,477 | 51 | $108,233 |
| 2007 | 42 | $110,025 | 24 | $109,146 |
| 2006 | 21 | $117,094 | 20 | $110,036 |
| 2005 | 19 | $113,143 | 13 | $109,284 |
| 2004 | 18 | $109,382 | 13 | $109,884 |
| 2003 | 16 | $107,373 | 6 | $107,154 |
| 2002 | 15 | $112,151 | <5 | <5 |
| 2001 | 13 | $110,321 | <5 | <5 |
| 2000 | 5 | $109,799 | <5 | <5 |
| 1999 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| 1998 | 5 | $108,371 | — | — |
| 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.