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Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario vs Metrolinx: who pays more?

Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario had 7 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $149,596; Metrolinx had 4,713 with a median of $127,736 — that is 17% more at the median for Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, and Metrolinx lists 673× as many people.

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On the list

Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario
7
Metrolinx
4,713

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario
$149,596
Metrolinx
$127,736

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario
$159,218
Metrolinx
$138,712

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario
$1.1M
Metrolinx
$656.5M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
2007–2025

  • Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario
  • Metrolinx
Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario and Metrolinx, 2007–2025Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario: $148,038 in 2011 to $149,596 in 2025. Metrolinx: $118,119 in 2009 to $127,736 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K$200K2007201320192025

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

Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario and Metrolinx by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearHigher Education Quality Council of OntarioMetrolinx
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20257$149,5964,713$127,736
20246$163,2194,276$127,501
20237$132,5083,037$124,028
20227$126,8442,082$121,393
20215$124,5131,494$119,826
2020<5<51,144$117,393
2019<5<51,015$114,667
20186$138,903827$112,475
2017<5<5620$114,425
2016<5<5481$115,394
20155$154,923411$116,378
20145$153,213359$117,926
20135$148,038261$119,379
20125$148,038262$116,499
20115$148,038176$114,945
2010<5<5116$116,328
2009<5<590$118,119
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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: Crown Agencies. Data runs through 2025. The 2025 figures were published here on .