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
1996–2025
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
- Town of Essex
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 Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission | Town of Essex | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 9,614 | $114,939 | 32 | $134,338 |
| 2024 | 6,842 | $113,956 | 27 | $134,913 |
| 2023 | 4,784 | $110,842 | 21 | $118,910 |
| 2022 | 4,804 | $111,732 | 18 | $118,184 |
| 2021 | 3,277 | $110,957 | 21 | $118,516 |
| 2020 | 3,171 | $110,363 | 20 | $120,237 |
| 2019 | 3,033 | $112,429 | 15 | $114,726 |
| 2018 | 2,734 | $110,737 | 13 | $117,396 |
| 2017 | 2,632 | $112,033 | 11 | $117,067 |
| 2016 | 2,307 | $111,437 | 9 | $111,356 |
| 2015 | 2,143 | $112,296 | 10 | $111,892 |
| 2014 | 2,075 | $114,158 | 8 | $117,400 |
| 2013 | 1,748 | $110,170 | <5 | <5 |
| 2012 | 1,395 | $109,843 | <5 | <5 |
| 2011 | 1,158 | $109,780 | <5 | <5 |
| 2010 | 1,013 | $109,733 | <5 | <5 |
| 2009 | 724 | $109,587 | <5 | <5 |
| 2008 | 548 | $107,862 | 8 | $108,406 |
| 2007 | 388 | $105,448 | <5 | <5 |
| 2006 | 277 | $105,749 | 6 | $102,646 |
| 2005 | 134 | $111,608 | <5 | <5 |
| 2004 | 95 | $108,866 | <5 | <5 |
| 2003 | 86 | $109,773 | <5 | <5 |
| 2002 | 48 | $121,025 | — | — |
| 2001 | 34 | $121,811 | — | — |
| 2000 | 36 | $115,889 | — | — |
| 1999 | 28 | $112,970 | — | — |
| 1998 | 26 | $113,847 | — | — |
| 1997 | 23 | $109,415 | — | — |
| 1996 | 24 | $103,243 | — | — |
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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.