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

In 2025 City of Toronto listed 13,079 employees with a median of $128,018; County of Middlesex listed 57 with a median of $130,944 — that is 2% more at the median for County of Middlesex, and City of Toronto lists 229× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
County of Middlesex
57

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
County of Middlesex
$130,944

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
County of Middlesex
$146,334

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
County of Middlesex
$8.5M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • County of Middlesex
City of Toronto and County of Middlesex, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. County of Middlesex: $102,598 in 2007 to $130,944 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 County of Middlesex by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoCounty of Middlesex
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,01857$130,944
202410,256$125,11843$118,354
20239,256$123,84830$117,273
20228,107$122,66730$110,849
20217,345$119,19324$118,155
20207,239$115,17823$117,167
20196,806$113,26714$115,152
20186,188$113,49313$113,175
20175,872$114,01913$111,228
20164,400$113,69911$112,428
20154,382$113,0218$124,520
20144,901$111,8608$118,546
20134,892$111,7935$125,777
20122,375$112,1275$118,748
20112,189$110,9737$115,721
20102,137$111,1286$109,344
20092,072$113,447<5<5
20081,552$112,4785$105,664
20071,738$110,8955$102,598
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
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.