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

City of Stratford had 158 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $134,309, City of Toronto 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — that is 5% more at the median for City of Stratford, and City of Toronto lists 83× as many people.

On the list

City of Stratford
158
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Stratford
$134,309
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Stratford
$139,841
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Stratford
$22.4M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Stratford
  • City of Toronto
City of Stratford and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Stratford: $106,622 in 2007 to $134,309 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 Stratford and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of StratfordCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025158$134,30913,079$128,018
2024150$128,95010,256$125,118
2023134$124,2529,256$123,848
2022128$120,6898,107$122,667
2021115$117,2487,345$119,193
2020108$114,1987,239$115,178
2019113$114,0446,806$113,267
201897$112,9126,188$113,493
201791$111,6415,872$114,019
201675$111,4694,400$113,699
201569$109,9244,382$113,021
201474$110,0484,901$111,860
201345$108,7364,892$111,793
201268$128,8562,375$112,127
201128$109,9052,189$110,973
201020$115,5702,137$111,128
200918$114,3962,072$113,447
200816$110,0961,552$112,478
200710$106,6221,738$110,895
2006<5<5989$108,239
2005<5<5732$109,811
2004<5<5503$111,467
2003<5<5527$114,005
2002<5<5407$114,334
2001<5<5198$112,434
2000205$114,732
1999116$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.