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

In 2025 City of Toronto listed 13,079 employees with a median of $128,018; Town of Amherstburg listed 34 with a median of $140,644 — Town of Amherstburg pays its listed staff 10% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 385× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Town of Amherstburg
34

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Town of Amherstburg
$140,644

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Town of Amherstburg
$146,834

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Town of Amherstburg
$5.0M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Town of Amherstburg
City of Toronto and Town of Amherstburg, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Town of Amherstburg: $104,818 in 2008 to $140,644 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 Amherstburg by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTown of Amherstburg
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,01834$140,644
202410,256$125,11834$136,578
20239,256$123,84829$133,900
20228,107$122,66725$127,013
20217,345$119,19321$122,488
20207,239$115,17822$125,143
20196,806$113,26720$120,118
20186,188$113,49340$117,234
20175,872$114,01938$115,400
20164,400$113,69936$111,541
20154,382$113,02134$107,667
20144,901$111,86027$106,940
20134,892$111,79320$108,919
20122,375$112,12717$107,277
20112,189$110,97312$106,421
20102,137$111,12811$104,709
20092,072$113,4478$108,016
20081,552$112,4787$104,818
20071,738$110,895<5<5
2006989$108,239<5<5
2005732$109,811<5<5
2004503$111,467<5<5
2003527$114,005
2002407$114,334
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.