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
1996–2025
- City of Thunder Bay
- City of Toronto
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 Thunder Bay | City of Toronto | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 759 | $130,974 | 13,079 | $128,018 |
| 2024 | 699 | $120,642 | 10,256 | $125,118 |
| 2023 | 639 | $123,184 | 9,256 | $123,848 |
| 2022 | 599 | $122,384 | 8,107 | $122,667 |
| 2021 | 547 | $121,667 | 7,345 | $119,193 |
| 2020 | 559 | $121,962 | 7,239 | $115,178 |
| 2019 | 452 | $115,426 | 6,806 | $113,267 |
| 2018 | 424 | $113,598 | 6,188 | $113,493 |
| 2017 | 428 | $111,447 | 5,872 | $114,019 |
| 2016 | 313 | $113,364 | 4,400 | $113,699 |
| 2015 | 235 | $110,636 | 4,382 | $113,021 |
| 2014 | 245 | $113,902 | 4,901 | $111,860 |
| 2013 | 251 | $112,569 | 4,892 | $111,793 |
| 2012 | 155 | $111,496 | 2,375 | $112,127 |
| 2011 | 244 | $116,679 | 2,189 | $110,973 |
| 2010 | 116 | $109,519 | 2,137 | $111,128 |
| 2009 | 75 | $110,789 | 2,072 | $113,447 |
| 2008 | 59 | $111,194 | 1,552 | $112,478 |
| 2007 | 71 | $108,021 | 1,738 | $110,895 |
| 2006 | 23 | $112,385 | 989 | $108,239 |
| 2005 | 21 | $110,295 | 732 | $109,811 |
| 2004 | 14 | $111,154 | 503 | $111,467 |
| 2003 | 7 | $105,192 | 527 | $114,005 |
| 2002 | 5 | $112,230 | 407 | $114,334 |
| 2001 | <5 | <5 | 198 | $112,434 |
| 2000 | <5 | <5 | 205 | $114,732 |
| 1999 | 5 | $104,139 | 116 | $107,570 |
| 1998 | 6 | $108,820 | 100 | $108,055 |
| 1997 | — | — | 52 | $110,437 |
| 1996 | — | — | 34 | $107,575 |
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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.