Queen's University vs University of Toronto: who pays more?
In 2025 Queen's University listed 1,469 employees with a median of $173,378; University of Toronto listed 7,392 with a median of $147,726 — that is 17% more at the median for Queen's University, and University of Toronto lists 5× as many people.
On the list
- Queen's University
- 1,469
- University of Toronto
- 7,392
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- Queen's University
- $173,378
- University of Toronto
- $147,726
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- Queen's University
- $174,914
- University of Toronto
- $171,936
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- Queen's University
- $257.4M
- University of Toronto
- $1.3B
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- Queen's University
- University of Toronto
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 | Queen's University | University of Toronto | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 1,469 | $173,378 | 7,392 | $147,726 |
| 2024 | 1,476 | $169,746 | 6,872 | $143,076 |
| 2023 | 1,415 | $169,195 | 5,946 | $148,826 |
| 2022 | 1,314 | $157,120 | 5,246 | $145,029 |
| 2021 | 1,286 | $157,709 | 4,984 | $143,828 |
| 2020 | 1,219 | $155,774 | 4,728 | $143,914 |
| 2019 | 1,134 | $155,151 | 4,342 | $146,809 |
| 2018 | 1,070 | $158,494 | 4,037 | $145,839 |
| 2017 | 1,039 | $149,776 | 3,738 | $146,477 |
| 2016 | 1,018 | $147,459 | 3,547 | $149,347 |
| 2015 | 995 | $145,926 | 3,288 | $143,402 |
| 2014 | 961 | $145,162 | 3,195 | $142,458 |
| 2013 | 945 | $140,185 | 3,032 | $142,349 |
| 2012 | 946 | $137,127 | 2,854 | $141,473 |
| 2011 | 918 | $135,803 | 2,739 | $140,444 |
| 2010 | 884 | $132,149 | 2,488 | $137,608 |
| 2009 | 839 | $127,531 | 2,370 | $136,050 |
| 2008 | 766 | $125,006 | 2,225 | $134,075 |
| 2007 | 667 | $120,414 | 2,034 | $131,429 |
| 2006 | 572 | $117,712 | 1,892 | $130,307 |
| 2005 | 502 | $115,891 | 1,609 | $125,488 |
| 2004 | 392 | $114,835 | 1,507 | $123,035 |
| 2003 | 333 | $112,438 | 1,443 | $121,868 |
| 2002 | 258 | $112,520 | 1,184 | $116,049 |
| 2001 | 203 | $110,633 | 1,093 | $114,648 |
| 2000 | 147 | $110,190 | 952 | $112,709 |
| 1999 | 112 | $111,283 | 805 | $110,883 |
| 1998 | 91 | $109,813 | 687 | $109,728 |
| 1997 | 74 | $110,402 | 630 | $109,879 |
| 1996 | 66 | $110,051 | 517 | $109,988 |
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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: Universities. Data runs through 2025.