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

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018, City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission 9,614 with a median of $114,939 — City of Toronto pays its listed staff 11% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 1.4× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
9,614

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
$114,939

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
$121,680

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
$1.2B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
City of Toronto and City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission: $103,243 in 1996 to $114,939 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 and City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoCity of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,0189,614$114,939
202410,256$125,1186,842$113,956
20239,256$123,8484,784$110,842
20228,107$122,6674,804$111,732
20217,345$119,1933,277$110,957
20207,239$115,1783,171$110,363
20196,806$113,2673,033$112,429
20186,188$113,4932,734$110,737
20175,872$114,0192,632$112,033
20164,400$113,6992,307$111,437
20154,382$113,0212,143$112,296
20144,901$111,8602,075$114,158
20134,892$111,7931,748$110,170
20122,375$112,1271,395$109,843
20112,189$110,9731,158$109,780
20102,137$111,1281,013$109,733
20092,072$113,447724$109,587
20081,552$112,478548$107,862
20071,738$110,895388$105,448
2006989$108,239277$105,749
2005732$109,811134$111,608
2004503$111,46795$108,866
2003527$114,00586$109,773
2002407$114,33448$121,025
2001198$112,43434$121,811
2000205$114,73236$115,889
1999116$107,57028$112,970
1998100$108,05526$113,847
199752$110,43723$109,415
199634$107,57524$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.