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Education vs Solicitor General: who pays more?

Education had 756 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $127,198, Solicitor General 5,958 with a median of $122,057 — that is 4% more at the median for Education, and Solicitor General lists 7.9× as many people.

On the list

Education
756
Solicitor General
5,958

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Education
$127,198
Solicitor General
$122,057

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Education
$132,926
Solicitor General
$131,360

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Education
$100.6M
Solicitor General
$783.6M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19992025

  • Education
  • Solicitor General
Education and Solicitor General, 1999–2025Education: $107,179 in 1999 to $127,198 in 2025. Solicitor General: $113,956 in 1999 to $122,057 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K1999200820162025

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

Education and Solicitor General by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearEducationSolicitor General
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025756$127,1985,958$122,057
2024895$125,9916,319$118,361
2023733$112,6033,313$115,193
2022671$113,2592,911$114,089
2021637$114,6162,788$113,934
2020575$115,1812,552$113,122
2019609$112,5751,830$111,856
2018567$113,996
2017517$112,557
2016474$111,685
2015423$111,370
2014480$112,208
2013405$114,630
2012396$115,128
2011385$113,215
2010346$113,826
2009296$113,239
2008220$110,621
2007151$109,528
2006120$104,575
200579$106,917
200459$106,035
200359$108,311
200241$112,629
200122$110,957103$107,689
200017$104,27069$106,418
199916$107,17950$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.