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City of Toronto vs Regional Municipality of Waterloo – Police: who pays more?

In 2025 City of Toronto listed 13,079 employees with a median of $128,018; Regional Municipality of Waterloo – Police listed 1,052 with a median of $135,275 — that is 6% more at the median for Regional Municipality of Waterloo – Police, and City of Toronto lists 12× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Regional Municipality of Waterloo – Police
1,052

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Regional Municipality of Waterloo – Police
$135,275

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Regional Municipality of Waterloo – Police
$138,422

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Regional Municipality of Waterloo – Police
$146.9M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Regional Municipality of Waterloo – Police
City of Toronto and Regional Municipality of Waterloo – Police, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Regional Municipality of Waterloo – Police: $103,046 in 2000 to $135,275 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 Waterloo – Police by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoRegional Municipality of Waterloo – Police
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,0181,052$135,275
202410,256$125,118923$131,045
20239,256$123,848835$128,195
20228,107$122,667739$126,121
20217,345$119,193730$124,200
20207,239$115,178672$117,426
20196,806$113,267689$125,174
20186,188$113,493673$116,304
20175,872$114,019641$113,827
20164,400$113,699670$113,969
20154,382$113,021550$112,509
20144,901$111,860406$108,649
20134,892$111,793386$108,844
20122,375$112,127264$107,593
20112,189$110,973307$107,548
20102,137$111,128143$106,071
20092,072$113,447155$107,013
20081,552$112,478110$105,247
20071,738$110,89573$105,736
2006989$108,23944$119,866
2005732$109,81130$113,945
2004503$111,46722$105,162
2003527$114,00524$109,235
2002407$114,33417$104,801
2001198$112,4347$119,474
2000205$114,73210$103,046
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.