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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
19962025

  • City of Oshawa
  • City of Peterborough
City of Oshawa and City of Peterborough, 1996–2025City of Oshawa: $108,371 in 1998 to $129,468 in 2025. City of Peterborough: $107,154 in 2003 to $129,913 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 Oshawa and City of Peterborough by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of OshawaCity of Peterborough
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025423$129,468451$129,913
2024369$122,810366$125,696
2023319$122,298300$119,267
2022319$130,932275$119,172
2021285$120,617268$118,187
2020287$120,306258$113,973
2019259$116,819253$114,619
2018248$117,600242$110,961
2017225$116,068215$110,647
2016204$113,271193$110,205
2015229$118,020220$111,787
2014125$110,080142$108,774
2013117$110,123112$108,815
2012147$112,527136$112,354
201189$106,30884$109,673
201082$105,39163$111,641
200971$105,69065$110,832
200873$107,47751$108,233
200742$110,02524$109,146
200621$117,09420$110,036
200519$113,14313$109,284
200418$109,38213$109,884
200316$107,3736$107,154
200215$112,151<5<5
200113$110,321<5<5
20005$109,799<5<5
1999<5<5<5<5
19985$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.