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Ontario Provincial Police vs Solicitor General: who pays more?

Ontario Provincial Police had 7,684 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $155,704, Solicitor General 5,958 with a median of $122,057 — that is 28% more at the median for Ontario Provincial Police, and Ontario Provincial Police lists 1.3× as many people.

On the list

Ontario Provincial Police
7,684
Solicitor General
5,958

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Ontario Provincial Police
$155,704
Solicitor General
$122,057

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Ontario Provincial Police
$157,496
Solicitor General
$131,360

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Ontario Provincial Police
$1.2B
Solicitor General
$783.6M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19992025

  • Ontario Provincial Police
  • Solicitor General
Ontario Provincial Police and Solicitor General, 1999–2025Ontario Provincial Police: $106,272 in 2018 to $155,704 in 2025. Solicitor General: $113,956 in 1999 to $122,057 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K$200K1999201820222025

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 Solicitor General by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearOntario Provincial PoliceSolicitor General
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20257,684$155,7045,958$122,057
20245,825$130,9076,319$118,361
20235,329$128,7093,313$115,193
20225,248$130,6772,911$114,089
20215,370$125,0512,788$113,934
20205,055$123,0792,552$113,122
20195,062$120,1971,830$111,856
20185$106,272
2001103$107,689
200069$106,418
199950$113,956

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.