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City of Toronto vs County of Elgin: who pays more?

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018, County of Elgin 40 with a median of $133,048 — County of Elgin pays its listed staff 4% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 327× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
County of Elgin
40

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
County of Elgin
$133,048

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
County of Elgin
$137,079

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
County of Elgin
$5.5M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • County of Elgin
City of Toronto and County of Elgin, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. County of Elgin: $100,651 in 2006 to $133,048 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 County of Elgin by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoCounty of Elgin
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,01840$133,048
202410,256$125,11832$119,396
20239,256$123,84827$118,692
20228,107$122,66723$135,644
20217,345$119,19321$133,420
20207,239$115,17820$125,746
20196,806$113,26717$123,366
20186,188$113,49312$136,551
20175,872$114,01913$134,454
20164,400$113,69913$126,891
20154,382$113,02113$127,791
20144,901$111,86012$122,111
20134,892$111,79311$119,833
20122,375$112,1277$117,594
20112,189$110,9737$115,342
20102,137$111,1285$117,125
20092,072$113,4475$111,086
20081,552$112,4786$106,841
20071,738$110,8956$103,671
2006989$108,2395$100,651
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
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.