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

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018, Town of Aurora 128 with a median of $120,527 — that is 6% more at the median for City of Toronto, and City of Toronto lists 102× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Town of Aurora
128

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Town of Aurora
$120,527

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Town of Aurora
$129,340

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Town of Aurora
$16.7M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Town of Aurora
City of Toronto and Town of Aurora, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Town of Aurora: $105,784 in 2003 to $120,527 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 Aurora by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTown of Aurora
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,018128$120,527
202410,256$125,118102$113,610
20239,256$123,84892$116,135
20228,107$122,66767$114,807
20217,345$119,19360$115,475
20207,239$115,17845$110,904
20196,806$113,26743$110,164
20186,188$113,49334$115,888
20175,872$114,01936$114,896
20164,400$113,69933$113,355
20154,382$113,02131$111,963
20144,901$111,86031$111,997
20134,892$111,79326$108,505
20122,375$112,12718$107,676
20112,189$110,97316$141,523
20102,137$111,1289$144,730
20092,072$113,4478$124,354
20081,552$112,4786$126,212
20071,738$110,8959$120,983
2006989$108,2398$117,112
2005732$109,8116$110,855
2004503$111,4676$104,950
2003527$114,0056$105,784
2002407$114,334<5<5
2001198$112,434<5<5
2000205$114,732<5<5
1999116$107,570<5<5
1998100$108,055<5<5
199752$110,437<5<5
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.