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

In 2025 City of Peterborough listed 451 employees with a median of $129,913; City of Toronto listed 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — City of Peterborough pays its listed staff 1% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 29× as many people.

On the list

City of Peterborough
451
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Peterborough
$129,913
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Peterborough
$136,101
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Peterborough
$61.7M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Peterborough
  • City of Toronto
City of Peterborough and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Peterborough: $107,154 in 2003 to $129,913 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 Peterborough and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of PeterboroughCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025451$129,91313,079$128,018
2024366$125,69610,256$125,118
2023300$119,2679,256$123,848
2022275$119,1728,107$122,667
2021268$118,1877,345$119,193
2020258$113,9737,239$115,178
2019253$114,6196,806$113,267
2018242$110,9616,188$113,493
2017215$110,6475,872$114,019
2016193$110,2054,400$113,699
2015220$111,7874,382$113,021
2014142$108,7744,901$111,860
2013112$108,8154,892$111,793
2012136$112,3542,375$112,127
201184$109,6732,189$110,973
201063$111,6412,137$111,128
200965$110,8322,072$113,447
200851$108,2331,552$112,478
200724$109,1461,738$110,895
200620$110,036989$108,239
200513$109,284732$109,811
200413$109,884503$111,467
20036$107,154527$114,005
2002<5<5407$114,334
2001<5<5198$112,434
2000<5<5205$114,732
1999<5<5116$107,570
1998100$108,055
199752$110,437
199634$107,575

Related questions

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.