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City of Toronto vs City of Welland: who pays more?

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018, City of Welland 114 with a median of $134,673 — that is 5% more at the median for City of Welland, and City of Toronto lists 115× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
City of Welland
114

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
City of Welland
$134,673

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
City of Welland
$141,728

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
City of Welland
$16.3M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • City of Welland
City of Toronto and City of Welland, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. City of Welland: $113,536 in 2007 to $134,673 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 Welland by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoCity of Welland
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,018114$134,673
202410,256$125,11899$122,706
20239,256$123,84888$120,348
20228,107$122,66783$118,587
20217,345$119,19376$114,876
20207,239$115,17874$112,782
20196,806$113,26775$122,047
20186,188$113,49355$111,309
20175,872$114,01944$113,437
20164,400$113,69939$112,332
20154,382$113,02168$114,751
20144,901$111,86040$108,037
20134,892$111,79328$107,503
20122,375$112,12723$111,364
20112,189$110,97325$111,236
20102,137$111,12824$108,680
20092,072$113,44714$105,281
20081,552$112,47827$119,252
20071,738$110,8955$113,536
2006989$108,239<5<5
2005732$109,811<5<5
2004503$111,467<5<5
2003527$114,005<5<5
2002407$114,334<5<5
2001198$112,434<5<5
2000205$114,732<5<5
1999116$107,570
1998100$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.