City of Ottawa – Police Services vs Regional Municipality of York Police Services: who pays more?
In 2025 City of Ottawa – Police Services listed 1,779 employees with a median of $143,052; Regional Municipality of York Police Services listed 2,072 with a median of $132,463 — that is 8% more at the median for City of Ottawa – Police Services, and Regional Municipality of York Police Services lists 1.2× as many people.
On the list
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- 1,779
- Regional Municipality of York Police Services
- 2,072
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- $143,052
- Regional Municipality of York Police Services
- $132,463
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- $147,156
- Regional Municipality of York Police Services
- $135,752
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- $263.3M
- Regional Municipality of York Police Services
- $283.4M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
2004–2025
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- Regional Municipality of York Police Services
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 Ottawa – Police Services | Regional Municipality of York Police Services | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 1,779 | $143,052 | 2,072 | $132,463 |
| 2024 | 1,598 | $135,307 | 1,887 | $126,280 |
| 2023 | 1,558 | $132,551 | 1,713 | $124,056 |
| 2022 | 1,656 | $137,394 | 1,641 | $120,744 |
| 2021 | 1,435 | $119,983 | 1,578 | $117,741 |
| 2020 | 1,461 | $121,737 | 1,536 | $118,756 |
| 2019 | 1,375 | $118,392 | 1,466 | $115,422 |
| 2018 | 1,326 | $120,043 | 1,398 | $112,838 |
| 2017 | 1,302 | $119,203 | 1,305 | $111,978 |
| 2016 | 1,203 | $115,635 | 1,139 | $110,024 |
| 2015 | 1,013 | $112,475 | 1,155 | $116,215 |
| 2014 | 1,079 | $111,813 | 900 | $112,625 |
| 2013 | 1,039 | $112,245 | 734 | $113,402 |
| 2012 | — | — | 551 | $108,299 |
| 2011 | 394 | $108,188 | — | — |
| 2010 | 395 | $107,544 | — | — |
| 2009 | 406 | $108,171 | 229 | $106,479 |
| 2008 | 235 | $106,492 | 229 | $106,785 |
| 2007 | 213 | $109,603 | 111 | $106,215 |
| 2006 | 177 | $108,481 | 76 | $109,616 |
| 2005 | 121 | $106,953 | 55 | $112,902 |
| 2004 | 80 | $106,902 | 49 | $114,426 |
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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.