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City of Toronto vs Township of Selwyn: who pays more?

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018; Township of Selwyn had 17 with a median of $117,407 — City of Toronto pays its listed staff 9% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 769× as many people.

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On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Township of Selwyn
17

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Township of Selwyn
$117,407

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Township of Selwyn
$132,040

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Township of Selwyn
$2.3M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
1996–2025

  • City of Toronto
  • Township of Selwyn
City of Toronto and Township of Selwyn, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Township of Selwyn: $106,085 in 2014 to $117,407 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 Township of Selwyn by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTownship of Selwyn
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,01817$117,407
202410,256$125,11811$132,404
20239,256$123,8488$125,476
20228,107$122,6677$121,805
20217,345$119,1938$118,336
20207,239$115,1787$124,202
20196,806$113,2678$114,398
20186,188$113,4937$112,158
20175,872$114,0197$109,976
20164,400$113,6997$108,127
20154,382$113,0216$104,800
20144,901$111,8606$106,085
20134,892$111,793<5<5
20122,375$112,127——
20112,189$110,973——
20102,137$111,128——
20092,072$113,447——
20081,552$112,478——
20071,738$110,895——
2006989$108,239——
2005732$109,811——
2004503$111,467——
2003527$114,005——
2002407$114,334——
2001198$112,434——
2000205$114,732——
1999116$107,570——
1998100$108,055——
199752$110,437——
199634$107,575——

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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. The 2025 figures were published here on .