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City of Toronto vs Town of Ajax: who pays more?

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018, Town of Ajax 249 with a median of $129,249 — that is 1% more at the median for Town of Ajax, and City of Toronto lists 53× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Town of Ajax
249

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Town of Ajax
$129,249

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Town of Ajax
$136,491

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Town of Ajax
$34.2M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Town of Ajax
City of Toronto and Town of Ajax, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Town of Ajax: $105,237 in 2003 to $129,249 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 Town of Ajax by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTown of Ajax
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,018249$129,249
202410,256$125,118210$133,528
20239,256$123,848154$124,041
20228,107$122,667150$127,458
20217,345$119,193137$121,349
20207,239$115,178132$117,640
20196,806$113,267132$114,999
20186,188$113,493110$119,363
20175,872$114,019110$113,695
20164,400$113,699118$120,859
20154,382$113,02181$109,402
20144,901$111,86095$110,372
20134,892$111,79369$109,137
20122,375$112,12756$109,581
20112,189$110,97345$109,697
20102,137$111,12830$108,394
20092,072$113,44726$112,382
20081,552$112,47824$114,535
20071,738$110,89520$110,200
2006989$108,2398$116,949
2005732$109,8118$108,084
2004503$111,4678$106,055
2003527$114,0056$105,237
2002407$114,334<5<5
2001198$112,434<5<5
2000205$114,732<5<5
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.