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

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018, Town of Milton 210 with a median of $124,586 — that is 3% more at the median for City of Toronto, and City of Toronto lists 62× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Town of Milton
210

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Town of Milton
$124,586

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Town of Milton
$133,425

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Town of Milton
$28.2M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Town of Milton
City of Toronto and Town of Milton, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Town of Milton: $110,497 in 2003 to $124,586 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 Milton by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTown of Milton
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,018210$124,586
202410,256$125,118204$119,889
20239,256$123,848178$117,263
20228,107$122,667151$116,957
20217,345$119,193144$113,803
20207,239$115,178127$112,361
20196,806$113,267121$110,423
20186,188$113,493103$118,002
20175,872$114,01948$118,304
20164,400$113,69945$117,205
20154,382$113,02144$120,366
20144,901$111,86046$120,852
20134,892$111,79335$120,330
20122,375$112,12728$117,292
20112,189$110,97330$117,292
20102,137$111,12828$113,913
20092,072$113,44725$114,888
20081,552$112,47822$116,772
20071,738$110,89514$114,550
2006989$108,23912$110,927
2005732$109,8116$120,431
2004503$111,4677$119,141
2003527$114,0055$110,497
2002407$114,334<5<5
2001198$112,434<5<5
2000205$114,732<5<5
1999116$107,570
1998100$108,055
199752$110,437<5<5
199634$107,575<5<5

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.