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Toronto Metropolitan University vs University of Toronto: who pays more?

In 2025 Toronto Metropolitan University listed 2,039 employees with a median of $145,594; University of Toronto listed 7,392 with a median of $147,726 — that is 1% more at the median for University of Toronto, and University of Toronto lists 3.6× as many people.

On the list

Toronto Metropolitan University
2,039
University of Toronto
7,392

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Toronto Metropolitan University
$145,594
University of Toronto
$147,726

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Toronto Metropolitan University
$163,459
University of Toronto
$171,936

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Toronto Metropolitan University
$335.3M
University of Toronto
$1.3B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • Toronto Metropolitan University
  • University of Toronto
Toronto Metropolitan University and University of Toronto, 1996–2025Toronto Metropolitan University: $111,128 in 1996 to $145,594 in 2025. University of Toronto: $109,988 in 1996 to $147,726 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K1996200620152025

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

Toronto Metropolitan University and University of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearToronto Metropolitan UniversityUniversity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20252,039$145,5947,392$147,726
20241,935$146,7006,872$143,076
20231,847$146,0795,946$148,826
20221,641$147,8525,246$145,029
20211,601$146,6114,984$143,828
20201,448$147,3874,728$143,914
20191,363$148,5464,342$146,809
20181,280$144,6234,037$145,839
20171,201$145,6073,738$146,477
20161,192$144,4053,547$149,347
20151,046$142,6323,288$143,402
20141,022$139,0193,195$142,458
2013946$135,5533,032$142,349
2012892$133,4852,854$141,473
2011790$128,0752,739$140,444
2010756$125,2062,488$137,608
2009704$123,1862,370$136,050
2008548$119,6372,225$134,075
2007489$118,5932,034$131,429
2006393$116,2991,892$130,307
2005324$114,1501,609$125,488
2004276$110,5421,507$123,035
2003263$111,8261,443$121,868
200276$111,9011,184$116,049
200180$112,4331,093$114,648
200066$110,433952$112,709
199971$106,238805$110,883
199830$106,492687$109,728
199729$105,637630$109,879
199617$111,128517$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.