Ministry of Economic Development and Growth/ministry of Research, Innovation and Science vs Ontario Provincial Police: who pays more?
Ministry of Economic Development and Growth/ministry of Research, Innovation and Science last filed 210 employees in 2018 with a median of $111,061; Ontario Provincial Police filed 7,684 in 2025 with a median of $155,704 — that is 40% more at the median for Ontario Provincial Police (2025), and Ontario Provincial Police lists 37× as many people. The two are compared at their own latest filings.
Ministry of Economic Development and Growth/ministry of Research, Innovation and Science last filed in 2018, so the two sides below are each shown at their own most recent filing.
On the list
- Ministry of Economic Development and Growth/ministry of Research, Innovation and Science
- 210
- Ontario Provincial Police
- 7,684
employees paid $100K+, each at its latest year
Median salary
- Ministry of Economic Development and Growth/ministry of Research, Innovation and Science
- $111,061
- Ontario Provincial Police
- $155,704
salary paid, each at its latest year
Average salary
- Ministry of Economic Development and Growth/ministry of Research, Innovation and Science
- $124,443
- Ontario Provincial Police
- $157,496
salary paid, each at its latest year
Listed payroll
- Ministry of Economic Development and Growth/ministry of Research, Innovation and Science
- $26.2M
- Ontario Provincial Police
- $1.2B
total compensation, each at its latest year
Median salary by year
2018–2025
- Ministry of Economic Development and Growth/ministry of Research, Innovation and Science
- Ontario Provincial Police
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 | Ministry of Economic Development and Growth/ministry of Research, Innovation and Science | Ontario Provincial Police | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | — | — | 7,684 | $155,704 |
| 2024 | — | — | 5,825 | $130,907 |
| 2023 | — | — | 5,329 | $128,709 |
| 2022 | — | — | 5,248 | $130,677 |
| 2021 | — | — | 5,370 | $125,051 |
| 2020 | — | — | 5,055 | $123,079 |
| 2019 | — | — | 5,062 | $120,197 |
| 2018 | 210 | $111,061 | 5 | $106,272 |
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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.