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City of Toronto vs Town of Kirkland Lake: who pays more?

In 2025 City of Toronto listed 13,079 employees with a median of $128,018; Town of Kirkland Lake listed 32 with a median of $131,943 — Town of Kirkland Lake pays its listed staff 3% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 409× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Town of Kirkland Lake
32

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Town of Kirkland Lake
$131,943

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Town of Kirkland Lake
$134,060

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Town of Kirkland Lake
$4.3M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Town of Kirkland Lake
City of Toronto and Town of Kirkland Lake, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Town of Kirkland Lake: $113,154 in 2011 to $131,943 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 Kirkland Lake by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTown of Kirkland Lake
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,01832$131,943
202410,256$125,11833$128,670
20239,256$123,84828$125,049
20228,107$122,66726$125,239
20217,345$119,19314$125,736
20207,239$115,17821$122,209
20196,806$113,26710$110,730
20186,188$113,49311$115,389
20175,872$114,0199$115,638
20164,400$113,69911$107,976
20154,382$113,0219$112,104
20144,901$111,86013$106,021
20134,892$111,793<5<5
20122,375$112,127<5<5
20112,189$110,9736$113,154
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<5<5
2005732$109,811
2004503$111,467<5<5
2003527$114,005<5<5
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.