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

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018, County of Peterborough 127 with a median of $116,672 — City of Toronto pays its listed staff 10% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 103× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
County of Peterborough
127

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
County of Peterborough
$116,672

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
County of Peterborough
$125,241

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
County of Peterborough
$16.1M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • County of Peterborough
City of Toronto and County of Peterborough, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. County of Peterborough: $110,578 in 2009 to $116,672 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 Peterborough by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoCounty of Peterborough
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,018127$116,672
202410,256$125,118110$111,553
20239,256$123,84884$113,160
20228,107$122,66767$109,764
20217,345$119,19356$111,244
20207,239$115,17851$110,019
20196,806$113,26731$107,398
20186,188$113,49324$108,879
20175,872$114,01922$111,657
20164,400$113,69916$122,938
20154,382$113,02117$124,509
20144,901$111,8609$130,669
20134,892$111,79310$128,692
20122,375$112,1279$126,626
20112,189$110,9737$122,604
20102,137$111,1287$117,134
20092,072$113,4475$110,578
20081,552$112,478<5<5
20071,738$110,895<5<5
2006989$108,239
2005732$109,811<5<5
2004503$111,467
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.