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City of Thunder Bay vs City of Toronto: who pays more?

City of Thunder Bay had 759 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $130,974, City of Toronto 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — that is 2% more at the median for City of Thunder Bay, and City of Toronto lists 17× as many people.

On the list

City of Thunder Bay
759
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Thunder Bay
$130,974
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Thunder Bay
$136,997
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Thunder Bay
$105.9M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Thunder Bay
  • City of Toronto
City of Thunder Bay and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Thunder Bay: $108,820 in 1998 to $130,974 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 Thunder Bay and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of Thunder BayCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025759$130,97413,079$128,018
2024699$120,64210,256$125,118
2023639$123,1849,256$123,848
2022599$122,3848,107$122,667
2021547$121,6677,345$119,193
2020559$121,9627,239$115,178
2019452$115,4266,806$113,267
2018424$113,5986,188$113,493
2017428$111,4475,872$114,019
2016313$113,3644,400$113,699
2015235$110,6364,382$113,021
2014245$113,9024,901$111,860
2013251$112,5694,892$111,793
2012155$111,4962,375$112,127
2011244$116,6792,189$110,973
2010116$109,5192,137$111,128
200975$110,7892,072$113,447
200859$111,1941,552$112,478
200771$108,0211,738$110,895
200623$112,385989$108,239
200521$110,295732$109,811
200414$111,154503$111,467
20037$105,192527$114,005
20025$112,230407$114,334
2001<5<5198$112,434
2000<5<5205$114,732
19995$104,139116$107,570
19986$108,820100$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.