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

City of Oshawa had 423 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $129,468, City of Toronto 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — that is 1% more at the median for City of Oshawa, and City of Toronto lists 31× as many people.

On the list

City of Oshawa
423
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Oshawa
$129,468
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Oshawa
$136,573
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Oshawa
$58.1M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Oshawa
  • City of Toronto
City of Oshawa and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Oshawa: $108,371 in 1998 to $129,468 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 Oshawa and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of OshawaCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025423$129,46813,079$128,018
2024369$122,81010,256$125,118
2023319$122,2989,256$123,848
2022319$130,9328,107$122,667
2021285$120,6177,345$119,193
2020287$120,3067,239$115,178
2019259$116,8196,806$113,267
2018248$117,6006,188$113,493
2017225$116,0685,872$114,019
2016204$113,2714,400$113,699
2015229$118,0204,382$113,021
2014125$110,0804,901$111,860
2013117$110,1234,892$111,793
2012147$112,5272,375$112,127
201189$106,3082,189$110,973
201082$105,3912,137$111,128
200971$105,6902,072$113,447
200873$107,4771,552$112,478
200742$110,0251,738$110,895
200621$117,094989$108,239
200519$113,143732$109,811
200418$109,382503$111,467
200316$107,373527$114,005
200215$112,151407$114,334
200113$110,321198$112,434
20005$109,799205$114,732
1999<5<5116$107,570
19985$108,371100$108,055
1997<5<552$110,437
1996<5<534$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.