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

In 2025 City of Toronto listed 13,079 employees with a median of $128,018; Town of Whitby listed 380 with a median of $140,719 — Town of Whitby pays its listed staff 10% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 34× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Town of Whitby
380

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Town of Whitby
$140,719

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Town of Whitby
$142,190

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Town of Whitby
$54.7M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Town of Whitby
City of Toronto and Town of Whitby, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Town of Whitby: $108,999 in 2003 to $140,719 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 Whitby by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTown of Whitby
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,018380$140,719
202410,256$125,118307$128,449
20239,256$123,848257$126,092
20228,107$122,667256$136,077
20217,345$119,193213$115,618
20207,239$115,178198$113,047
20196,806$113,267196$118,272
20186,188$113,493156$115,158
20175,872$114,019148$118,515
20164,400$113,699118$109,468
20154,382$113,021107$112,510
20144,901$111,860146$131,218
20134,892$111,79365$110,981
20122,375$112,12761$108,291
20112,189$110,97349$109,708
20102,137$111,12835$108,386
20092,072$113,44737$109,517
20081,552$112,47840$112,091
20071,738$110,89533$106,747
2006989$108,23911$119,500
2005732$109,8119$119,995
2004503$111,4676$112,014
2003527$114,0057$108,999
2002407$114,334<5<5
2001198$112,434<5<5
2000205$114,732<5<5
1999116$107,570
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.