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

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018, Regional Municipality of York 2,400 with a median of $118,058 — that is 8% more at the median for City of Toronto, and City of Toronto lists 5.4× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Regional Municipality of York
2,400

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Regional Municipality of York
$118,058

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Regional Municipality of York
$126,411

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Regional Municipality of York
$304.4M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Regional Municipality of York
City of Toronto and Regional Municipality of York, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Regional Municipality of York: $116,521 in 1996 to $118,058 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 York by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoRegional Municipality of York
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,0182,400$118,058
202410,256$125,1182,040$117,502
20239,256$123,8481,807$116,299
20228,107$122,6671,817$116,758
20217,345$119,1931,445$119,682
20207,239$115,1781,437$117,431
20196,806$113,2671,166$116,121
20186,188$113,4931,033$115,481
20175,872$114,019958$114,927
20164,400$113,699727$116,027
20154,382$113,021661$116,293
20144,901$111,860691$117,561
20134,892$111,793491$118,513
20122,375$112,127441$117,555
20112,189$110,973823$110,771
20102,137$111,128686$110,418
20092,072$113,447249$113,071
20081,552$112,478236$111,302
20071,738$110,895165$111,494
2006989$108,239146$111,338
2005732$109,81193$118,339
2004503$111,46774$116,138
2003527$114,005116$112,896
2002407$114,33450$113,134
2001198$112,43439$113,057
2000205$114,73222$109,769
1999116$107,57011$111,828
1998100$108,055
199752$110,4379$104,818
199634$107,5758$116,521

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.