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

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018, Town of Espanola 7 with a median of $121,541 — City of Toronto pays its listed staff 5% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 1868× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Town of Espanola
7

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Town of Espanola
$121,541

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Town of Espanola
$119,124

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Town of Espanola
$846K

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Town of Espanola
City of Toronto and Town of Espanola, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Town of Espanola: $107,993 in 2012 to $121,541 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 Espanola by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTown of Espanola
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,0187$121,541
202410,256$125,1186$117,629
20239,256$123,848<5<5
20228,107$122,6675$109,319
20217,345$119,193<5<5
20207,239$115,178<5<5
20196,806$113,267<5<5
20186,188$113,493<5<5
20175,872$114,019<5<5
20164,400$113,699<5<5
20154,382$113,02112$111,724
20144,901$111,8609$119,225
20134,892$111,79311$110,327
20122,375$112,12710$107,993
20112,189$110,973<5<5
20102,137$111,128<5<5
20092,072$113,447<5<5
20081,552$112,478<5<5
20071,738$110,895<5<5
2006989$108,239
2005732$109,811
2004503$111,467
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.