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
2003–2025
- Ontario Court of Justice
- Superior Court of Justice
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 | Ontario Court of Justice | Superior Court of Justice | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 707 | $186,564 | 26 | $329,395 |
| 2024 | 656 | $176,514 | 19 | $313,531 |
| 2023 | 627 | $203,825 | 18 | $302,641 |
| 2022 | 619 | $183,908 | 18 | $295,091 |
| 2021 | 610 | $181,594 | 20 | $285,719 |
| 2020 | 560 | $282,815 | 20 | $269,871 |
| 2019 | 616 | $146,786 | 22 | $262,288 |
| 2018 | 609 | $137,466 | 24 | $267,691 |
| 2017 | 606 | $142,260 | 19 | $237,716 |
| 2016 | 592 | $135,169 | 21 | $370,968 |
| 2015 | 603 | $131,922 | 15 | $192,684 |
| 2014 | 612 | $131,236 | 16 | $200,095 |
| 2013 | 616 | $122,851 | 17 | $192,684 |
| 2012 | 612 | $120,739 | 16 | $194,685 |
| 2011 | 601 | $119,553 | 16 | $189,811 |
| 2010 | 599 | $116,825 | 16 | $189,811 |
| 2009 | 593 | $119,574 | 18 | $189,811 |
| 2008 | 601 | $166,584 | 18 | $188,199 |
| 2007 | 305 | $225,234 | 19 | $181,360 |
| 2006 | 305 | $218,655 | — | — |
| 2005 | 512 | $211,594 | — | — |
| 2004 | 279 | $253,581 | — | — |
| 2003 | 285 | $187,887 | — | — |
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: Government of Ontario – Judiciary. Data runs through 2025.