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

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018, County of Northumberland 148 with a median of $117,332 — that is 9% more at the median for City of Toronto, and City of Toronto lists 88× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
County of Northumberland
148

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
County of Northumberland
$117,332

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
County of Northumberland
$124,619

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
County of Northumberland
$18.5M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • County of Northumberland
City of Toronto and County of Northumberland, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. County of Northumberland: $108,638 in 2007 to $117,332 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 Northumberland by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoCounty of Northumberland
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,018148$117,332
202410,256$125,118111$114,461
20239,256$123,84898$113,856
20228,107$122,66774$110,775
20217,345$119,19354$114,279
20207,239$115,17881$110,042
20196,806$113,26755$111,466
20186,188$113,49347$113,325
20175,872$114,01939$109,665
20164,400$113,69938$104,836
20154,382$113,02121$111,332
20144,901$111,86022$110,770
20134,892$111,79313$124,368
20122,375$112,12713$116,295
20112,189$110,97310$124,998
20102,137$111,12811$118,790
20092,072$113,44710$110,690
20081,552$112,4788$113,055
20071,738$110,8956$108,638
2006989$108,239<5<5
2005732$109,811<5<5
2004503$111,467<5<5
2003527$114,005<5<5
2002407$114,334
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.