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

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018, Town of Lincoln 35 with a median of $119,866 — City of Toronto pays its listed staff 7% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 374× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Town of Lincoln
35

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Town of Lincoln
$119,866

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Town of Lincoln
$133,809

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Town of Lincoln
$4.7M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Town of Lincoln
City of Toronto and Town of Lincoln, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Town of Lincoln: $101,764 in 2011 to $119,866 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 Lincoln by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTown of Lincoln
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,01835$119,866
202410,256$125,11832$113,957
20239,256$123,84824$115,630
20228,107$122,66725$117,326
20217,345$119,19323$121,564
20207,239$115,17820$120,310
20196,806$113,26715$109,704
20186,188$113,49310$114,280
20175,872$114,0196$112,262
20164,400$113,6997$106,272
20154,382$113,0217$113,619
20144,901$111,8606$106,563
20134,892$111,7936$104,645
20122,375$112,1275$103,431
20112,189$110,9735$101,764
20102,137$111,128<5<5
20092,072$113,447<5<5
20081,552$112,478
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.