Metrolinx vs Ontario Hydro: who pays more?
Metrolinx last filed 4,713 employees in 2025 with a median of $127,736; Ontario Hydro filed 1,412 in 1998 with a median of $107,083 — that is 19% more at the median for Metrolinx (2025), and Metrolinx lists 3.3× as many people. The two are compared at their own latest filings.
Ontario Hydro last filed in 1998, so the two sides below are each shown at their own most recent filing.
On the list
- Metrolinx
- 4,713
- Ontario Hydro
- 1,412
employees paid $100K+, each at its latest year
Median salary
- Metrolinx
- $127,736
- Ontario Hydro
- $107,083
salary paid, each at its latest year
Average salary
- Metrolinx
- $138,712
- Ontario Hydro
- $118,034
salary paid, each at its latest year
Listed payroll
- Metrolinx
- $656.5M
- Ontario Hydro
- $178.8M
total compensation, each at its latest year
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- Metrolinx
- Ontario Hydro
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
| Year | Metrolinx | Ontario Hydro | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 4,713 | $127,736 | — | — |
| 2024 | 4,276 | $127,501 | — | — |
| 2023 | 3,037 | $124,028 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2,082 | $121,393 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,494 | $119,826 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,144 | $117,393 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,015 | $114,667 | — | — |
| 2018 | 827 | $112,475 | — | — |
| 2017 | 620 | $114,425 | — | — |
| 2016 | 481 | $115,394 | — | — |
| 2015 | 411 | $116,378 | — | — |
| 2014 | 359 | $117,926 | — | — |
| 2013 | 261 | $119,379 | — | — |
| 2012 | 262 | $116,499 | — | — |
| 2011 | 176 | $114,945 | — | — |
| 2010 | 116 | $116,328 | — | — |
| 2009 | 90 | $118,119 | — | — |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,412 | $107,083 |
| 1997 | — | — | 779 | $107,812 |
| 1996 | — | — | 479 | $107,954 |
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: Crown Agencies. Data runs through 2025.