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Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security vs Solicitor General: who pays more?

Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security had 219 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $127,798, Solicitor General 5,958 with a median of $122,057 — Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security pays its listed staff 5% more at the median, and Solicitor General lists 27× as many people.

On the list

Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security
219
Solicitor General
5,958

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security
$127,798
Solicitor General
$122,057

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security
$135,829
Solicitor General
$131,360

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security
$29.8M
Solicitor General
$783.6M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19992025

  • Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security
  • Solicitor General
Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security and Solicitor General, 1999–2025Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security: $110,686 in 2020 to $127,798 in 2025. Solicitor General: $113,956 in 1999 to $122,057 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K1999201920222025

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

Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security and Solicitor General by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearColleges, Universities, Research Excellence and SecuritySolicitor General
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025219$127,7985,958$122,057
2024182$124,7436,319$118,361
2023148$115,4363,313$115,193
2022119$113,6802,911$114,089
2021126$111,6452,788$113,934
2020109$110,6862,552$113,122
20191,830$111,856
2001103$107,689
200069$106,418
199950$113,956

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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: Government of Ontario – Ministries. Data runs through 2025.