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
1996–2025
- City of Sarnia
- City of St Catharines
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 Sarnia | City of St Catharines | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 315 | $131,335 | 305 | $131,933 |
| 2024 | 303 | $130,335 | 242 | $130,805 |
| 2023 | 268 | $126,013 | 203 | $130,687 |
| 2022 | 246 | $125,052 | 206 | $131,514 |
| 2021 | 255 | $120,440 | 197 | $124,348 |
| 2020 | 264 | $121,187 | 185 | $121,437 |
| 2019 | 256 | $121,110 | 173 | $121,854 |
| 2018 | 249 | $114,079 | 182 | $130,189 |
| 2017 | 238 | $113,451 | 151 | $114,603 |
| 2016 | 238 | $111,708 | 167 | $120,366 |
| 2015 | 189 | $114,883 | 116 | $110,197 |
| 2014 | 143 | $113,509 | 106 | $109,833 |
| 2013 | 139 | $111,677 | 69 | $114,607 |
| 2012 | 117 | $110,293 | 71 | $111,268 |
| 2011 | 110 | $107,208 | 61 | $106,319 |
| 2010 | 97 | $107,241 | 77 | $107,050 |
| 2009 | 95 | $106,631 | 137 | $116,503 |
| 2008 | 65 | $105,841 | 17 | $115,170 |
| 2007 | 47 | $111,334 | 13 | $113,666 |
| 2006 | 14 | $112,421 | 12 | $117,321 |
| 2005 | 12 | $111,385 | 9 | $115,336 |
| 2004 | 11 | $109,050 | 7 | $106,442 |
| 2003 | 6 | $108,376 | 7 | $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 |
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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.