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City of Sarnia vs City of St Catharines: who pays more?

In 2025 City of Sarnia listed 315 employees with a median of $131,335; City of St Catharines listed 305 with a median of $131,933 — City of St Catharines pays its listed staff slightly more at the median, and City of Sarnia lists 1× as many people.

On the list

City of Sarnia
315
City of St Catharines
305

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Sarnia
$131,335
City of St Catharines
$131,933

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Sarnia
$135,933
City of St Catharines
$136,848

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Sarnia
$43.4M
City of St Catharines
$42.1M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Sarnia
  • City of St Catharines
City of Sarnia and City of St Catharines, 1996–2025City of Sarnia: $108,376 in 2003 to $131,335 in 2025. City of St Catharines: $106,205 in 2003 to $131,933 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 Sarnia and City of St Catharines by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of SarniaCity of St Catharines
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025315$131,335305$131,933
2024303$130,335242$130,805
2023268$126,013203$130,687
2022246$125,052206$131,514
2021255$120,440197$124,348
2020264$121,187185$121,437
2019256$121,110173$121,854
2018249$114,079182$130,189
2017238$113,451151$114,603
2016238$111,708167$120,366
2015189$114,883116$110,197
2014143$113,509106$109,833
2013139$111,67769$114,607
2012117$110,29371$111,268
2011110$107,20861$106,319
201097$107,24177$107,050
200995$106,631137$116,503
200865$105,84117$115,170
200747$111,33413$113,666
200614$112,42112$117,321
200512$111,3859$115,336
200411$109,0507$106,442
20036$108,3767$106,205
2002<5<5<5<5
2001<5<5<5<5
2000<5<5<5<5
1999<5<5<5<5
1998<5<5<5<5
1997<5<5
1996<5<5

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.