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Rural Affairs vs Solicitor General: who pays more?

Rural Affairs had 23 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $129,989, Solicitor General 5,958 with a median of $122,057 — Rural Affairs pays its listed staff 6% more at the median, and Solicitor General lists 259× as many people.

On the list

Rural Affairs
23
Solicitor General
5,958

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Rural Affairs
$129,989
Solicitor General
$122,057

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Rural Affairs
$138,485
Solicitor General
$131,360

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Rural Affairs
$3.2M
Solicitor General
$783.6M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19992025

  • Rural Affairs
  • Solicitor General
Rural Affairs and Solicitor General, 1999–2025Rural Affairs: $129,989 in 2025 to $129,989 in 2025. Solicitor General: $113,956 in 1999 to $122,057 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K1999201920222025

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

Rural Affairs and Solicitor General by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearRural AffairsSolicitor General
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202523$129,9895,958$122,057
20246,319$118,361
20233,313$115,193
20222,911$114,089
20212,788$113,934
20202,552$113,122
20191,830$111,856
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.