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

In 2025 City of Toronto listed 13,079 employees with a median of $128,018; Town of Oakville listed 646 with a median of $123,840 — that is 3% more at the median for City of Toronto, and City of Toronto lists 20× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Town of Oakville
646

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Town of Oakville
$123,840

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Town of Oakville
$132,485

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Town of Oakville
$86.0M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Town of Oakville
City of Toronto and Town of Oakville, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Town of Oakville: $104,952 in 1999 to $123,840 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 Oakville by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTown of Oakville
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,018646$123,840
202410,256$125,118589$122,789
20239,256$123,848494$118,611
20228,107$122,667444$120,752
20217,345$119,193406$120,055
20207,239$115,178448$117,316
20196,806$113,267380$116,265
20186,188$113,493371$116,242
20175,872$114,019315$117,518
20164,400$113,699296$114,892
20154,382$113,021253$118,027
20144,901$111,860206$117,545
20134,892$111,793192$115,062
20122,375$112,127178$114,295
20112,189$110,973148$110,914
20102,137$111,128121$108,681
20092,072$113,447118$109,214
20081,552$112,47878$114,091
20071,738$110,89563$108,828
2006989$108,23925$116,486
2005732$109,81124$111,320
2004503$111,46718$107,914
2003527$114,00517$107,356
2002407$114,3349$110,347
2001198$112,4348$109,848
2000205$114,7327$103,375
1999116$107,5705$104,952
1998100$108,055<5<5
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.