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Ontario Provincial Police vs Rural Affairs: who pays more?

Ontario Provincial Police had 7,684 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $155,704, Rural Affairs 23 with a median of $129,989 — that is 20% more at the median for Ontario Provincial Police, and Ontario Provincial Police lists 334× as many people.

On the list

Ontario Provincial Police
7,684
Rural Affairs
23

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Ontario Provincial Police
$155,704
Rural Affairs
$129,989

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Ontario Provincial Police
$157,496
Rural Affairs
$138,485

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Ontario Provincial Police
$1.2B
Rural Affairs
$3.2M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
20182025

  • Ontario Provincial Police
  • Rural Affairs
Ontario Provincial Police and Rural Affairs, 2018–2025Ontario Provincial Police: $106,272 in 2018 to $155,704 in 2025. Rural Affairs: $129,989 in 2025 to $129,989 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K$200K2018202020232025

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 Provincial Police and Rural Affairs by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearOntario Provincial PoliceRural Affairs
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20257,684$155,70423$129,989
20245,825$130,907
20235,329$128,709
20225,248$130,677
20215,370$125,051
20205,055$123,079
20195,062$120,197
20185$106,272

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 – Ministries. Data runs through 2025.