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
1996–2025
- City of Toronto
- Town of Oakville
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
| Year | City of Toronto | Town of Oakville | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 13,079 | $128,018 | 646 | $123,840 |
| 2024 | 10,256 | $125,118 | 589 | $122,789 |
| 2023 | 9,256 | $123,848 | 494 | $118,611 |
| 2022 | 8,107 | $122,667 | 444 | $120,752 |
| 2021 | 7,345 | $119,193 | 406 | $120,055 |
| 2020 | 7,239 | $115,178 | 448 | $117,316 |
| 2019 | 6,806 | $113,267 | 380 | $116,265 |
| 2018 | 6,188 | $113,493 | 371 | $116,242 |
| 2017 | 5,872 | $114,019 | 315 | $117,518 |
| 2016 | 4,400 | $113,699 | 296 | $114,892 |
| 2015 | 4,382 | $113,021 | 253 | $118,027 |
| 2014 | 4,901 | $111,860 | 206 | $117,545 |
| 2013 | 4,892 | $111,793 | 192 | $115,062 |
| 2012 | 2,375 | $112,127 | 178 | $114,295 |
| 2011 | 2,189 | $110,973 | 148 | $110,914 |
| 2010 | 2,137 | $111,128 | 121 | $108,681 |
| 2009 | 2,072 | $113,447 | 118 | $109,214 |
| 2008 | 1,552 | $112,478 | 78 | $114,091 |
| 2007 | 1,738 | $110,895 | 63 | $108,828 |
| 2006 | 989 | $108,239 | 25 | $116,486 |
| 2005 | 732 | $109,811 | 24 | $111,320 |
| 2004 | 503 | $111,467 | 18 | $107,914 |
| 2003 | 527 | $114,005 | 17 | $107,356 |
| 2002 | 407 | $114,334 | 9 | $110,347 |
| 2001 | 198 | $112,434 | 8 | $109,848 |
| 2000 | 205 | $114,732 | 7 | $103,375 |
| 1999 | 116 | $107,570 | 5 | $104,952 |
| 1998 | 100 | $108,055 | <5 | <5 |
| 1997 | 52 | $110,437 | <5 | <5 |
| 1996 | 34 | $107,575 | <5 | <5 |
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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.