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City of Toronto vs Regional Municipality of Niagara: who pays more?

In 2025 City of Toronto listed 13,079 employees with a median of $128,018; Regional Municipality of Niagara listed 904 with a median of $121,321 — that is 6% more at the median for City of Toronto, and City of Toronto lists 14× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Regional Municipality of Niagara
904

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Regional Municipality of Niagara
$121,321

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Regional Municipality of Niagara
$128,121

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Regional Municipality of Niagara
$116.2M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Regional Municipality of Niagara
City of Toronto and Regional Municipality of Niagara, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Regional Municipality of Niagara: $107,172 in 1996 to $121,321 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 Regional Municipality of Niagara by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoRegional Municipality of Niagara
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,018904$121,321
202410,256$125,118639$114,624
20239,256$123,848586$114,133
20228,107$122,667414$112,802
20217,345$119,193386$111,909
20207,239$115,178372$111,078
20196,806$113,267260$108,954
20186,188$113,493227$107,579
20175,872$114,019175$106,151
20164,400$113,699164$106,774
20154,382$113,021126$108,940
20144,901$111,860188$107,568
20134,892$111,793116$109,315
20122,375$112,12787$111,659
20112,189$110,97385$113,928
20102,137$111,12877$114,627
20092,072$113,44772$112,032
20081,552$112,47856$112,255
20071,738$110,895160$111,363
2006989$108,239152$111,194
2005732$109,811103$110,560
2004503$111,46770$111,754
2003527$114,00578$105,615
2002407$114,33430$115,250
2001198$112,43425$110,764
2000205$114,73215$116,331
1999116$107,57016$107,783
1998100$108,0557$122,892
199752$110,4377$109,508
199634$107,5756$107,172

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.