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Ontario Court of Justice vs Superior Court of Justice: who pays more?

In 2025 Ontario Court of Justice listed 707 employees with a median of $186,564; Superior Court of Justice listed 26 with a median of $329,395 — that is 77% more at the median for Superior Court of Justice, and Ontario Court of Justice lists 27× as many people.

On the list

Ontario Court of Justice
707
Superior Court of Justice
26

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Ontario Court of Justice
$186,564
Superior Court of Justice
$329,395

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Ontario Court of Justice
$284,339
Superior Court of Justice
$282,139

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Ontario Court of Justice
$202.2M
Superior Court of Justice
$7.3M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
20032025

  • Ontario Court of Justice
  • Superior Court of Justice
Ontario Court of Justice and Superior Court of Justice, 2003–2025Ontario Court of Justice: $187,887 in 2003 to $186,564 in 2025. Superior Court of Justice: $181,360 in 2007 to $329,395 in 2025.$0$100K$200K$300K$400K2003201020182025

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

Ontario Court of Justice and Superior Court of Justice by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearOntario Court of JusticeSuperior Court of Justice
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025707$186,56426$329,395
2024656$176,51419$313,531
2023627$203,82518$302,641
2022619$183,90818$295,091
2021610$181,59420$285,719
2020560$282,81520$269,871
2019616$146,78622$262,288
2018609$137,46624$267,691
2017606$142,26019$237,716
2016592$135,16921$370,968
2015603$131,92215$192,684
2014612$131,23616$200,095
2013616$122,85117$192,684
2012612$120,73916$194,685
2011601$119,55316$189,811
2010599$116,82516$189,811
2009593$119,57418$189,811
2008601$166,58418$188,199
2007305$225,23419$181,360
2006305$218,655
2005512$211,594
2004279$253,581
2003285$187,887

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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 – Judiciary. Data runs through 2025.