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City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission vs Town of Essex: who pays more?

City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission had 9,614 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $114,939, Town of Essex 32 with a median of $134,338 — that is 17% more at the median for Town of Essex, and City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission lists 300× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
9,614
Town of Essex
32

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
$114,939
Town of Essex
$134,338

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
$121,680
Town of Essex
$132,672

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
$1.2B
Town of Essex
$4.3M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
  • Town of Essex
City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission and Town of Essex, 1996–2025City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission: $103,243 in 1996 to $114,939 in 2025. Town of Essex: $102,646 in 2006 to $134,338 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 Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission and Town of Essex by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of Toronto – Toronto Transit CommissionTown of Essex
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20259,614$114,93932$134,338
20246,842$113,95627$134,913
20234,784$110,84221$118,910
20224,804$111,73218$118,184
20213,277$110,95721$118,516
20203,171$110,36320$120,237
20193,033$112,42915$114,726
20182,734$110,73713$117,396
20172,632$112,03311$117,067
20162,307$111,4379$111,356
20152,143$112,29610$111,892
20142,075$114,1588$117,400
20131,748$110,170<5<5
20121,395$109,843<5<5
20111,158$109,780<5<5
20101,013$109,733<5<5
2009724$109,587<5<5
2008548$107,8628$108,406
2007388$105,448<5<5
2006277$105,7496$102,646
2005134$111,608<5<5
200495$108,866<5<5
200386$109,773<5<5
200248$121,025
200134$121,811
200036$115,889
199928$112,970
199826$113,847
199723$109,415
199624$103,243

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.