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

City of Sarnia had 315 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $131,335, City of Toronto 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — City of Sarnia pays its listed staff 3% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 42× as many people.

On the list

City of Sarnia
315
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Sarnia
$131,335
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Sarnia
$135,933
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Sarnia
$43.4M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Sarnia
  • City of Toronto
City of Sarnia and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Sarnia: $108,376 in 2003 to $131,335 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 Sarnia and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of SarniaCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025315$131,33513,079$128,018
2024303$130,33510,256$125,118
2023268$126,0139,256$123,848
2022246$125,0528,107$122,667
2021255$120,4407,345$119,193
2020264$121,1877,239$115,178
2019256$121,1106,806$113,267
2018249$114,0796,188$113,493
2017238$113,4515,872$114,019
2016238$111,7084,400$113,699
2015189$114,8834,382$113,021
2014143$113,5094,901$111,860
2013139$111,6774,892$111,793
2012117$110,2932,375$112,127
2011110$107,2082,189$110,973
201097$107,2412,137$111,128
200995$106,6312,072$113,447
200865$105,8411,552$112,478
200747$111,3341,738$110,895
200614$112,421989$108,239
200512$111,385732$109,811
200411$109,050503$111,467
20036$108,376527$114,005
2002<5<5407$114,334
2001<5<5198$112,434
2000<5<5205$114,732
1999<5<5116$107,570
1998<5<5100$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.