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

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018, County of Wellington 155 with a median of $124,049 — that is 3% more at the median for City of Toronto, and City of Toronto lists 84× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
County of Wellington
155

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
County of Wellington
$124,049

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
County of Wellington
$131,448

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
County of Wellington
$20.8M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • County of Wellington
City of Toronto and County of Wellington, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. County of Wellington: $104,159 in 2003 to $124,049 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 Wellington by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoCounty of Wellington
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,018155$124,049
202410,256$125,11898$116,140
20239,256$123,84892$113,368
20228,107$122,66771$116,187
20217,345$119,19360$115,181
20207,239$115,17856$117,066
20196,806$113,26744$119,913
20186,188$113,49344$115,253
20175,872$114,01941$120,066
20164,400$113,69934$118,554
20154,382$113,02135$120,069
20144,901$111,86031$113,095
20134,892$111,79329$110,870
20122,375$112,12721$114,931
20112,189$110,97321$112,622
20102,137$111,12820$113,623
20092,072$113,44716$116,614
20081,552$112,4789$131,431
20071,738$110,8959$127,761
2006989$108,2399$123,323
2005732$109,8117$110,510
2004503$111,4678$111,416
2003527$114,0055$104,159
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.