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

In 2025 City of Toronto listed 13,079 employees with a median of $128,018; Town of Cobourg listed 100 with a median of $126,919 — that is 1% more at the median for City of Toronto, and City of Toronto lists 131× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Town of Cobourg
100

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Town of Cobourg
$126,919

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Town of Cobourg
$134,762

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Town of Cobourg
$13.6M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Town of Cobourg
City of Toronto and Town of Cobourg, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Town of Cobourg: $113,965 in 2006 to $126,919 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 Cobourg by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTown of Cobourg
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,018100$126,919
202410,256$125,11877$129,509
20239,256$123,84870$121,654
20228,107$122,66753$126,333
20217,345$119,19358$118,466
20207,239$115,17857$125,553
20196,806$113,26746$126,447
20186,188$113,49346$117,484
20175,872$114,01943$115,150
20164,400$113,69942$120,103
20154,382$113,02141$119,314
20144,901$111,86033$111,629
20134,892$111,79332$108,785
20122,375$112,12727$110,851
20112,189$110,97318$110,032
20102,137$111,1289$111,333
20092,072$113,4475$109,475
20081,552$112,4785$106,251
20071,738$110,895<5<5
2006989$108,2398$113,965
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.