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

In 2025 City of Toronto listed 13,079 employees with a median of $128,018; City of Windsor listed 1,219 with a median of $132,944 — that is 4% more at the median for City of Windsor, and City of Toronto lists 11× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
City of Windsor
1,219

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
City of Windsor
$132,944

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
City of Windsor
$136,859

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
City of Windsor
$167.8M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • City of Windsor
City of Toronto and City of Windsor, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. City of Windsor: $106,292 in 1996 to $132,944 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 Windsor by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoCity of Windsor
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,0181,219$132,944
202410,256$125,1181,173$135,940
20239,256$123,848955$119,790
20228,107$122,667962$123,883
20217,345$119,193915$118,932
20207,239$115,178893$112,124
20196,806$113,267861$113,032
20186,188$113,493898$117,859
20175,872$114,019596$111,453
20164,400$113,699246$114,047
20154,382$113,021643$109,894
20144,901$111,860570$117,469
20134,892$111,793516$110,061
20122,375$112,127296$108,825
20112,189$110,973103$111,042
20102,137$111,128242$110,016
20092,072$113,447115$111,847
20081,552$112,47893$115,020
20071,738$110,89590$110,958
2006989$108,23995$110,546
2005732$109,81192$108,738
2004503$111,46763$108,081
2003527$114,00523$111,083
2002407$114,33418$109,946
2001198$112,4349$124,243
2000205$114,73211$121,003
1999116$107,57036$118,757
1998100$108,0559$110,752
199752$110,4377$108,599
199634$107,5756$106,292

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.