Toronto Metropolitan University vs University of Waterloo: who pays more?
Toronto Metropolitan University had 2,039 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $145,594, University of Waterloo 2,376 with a median of $153,961 — that is 6% more at the median for University of Waterloo, and University of Waterloo lists 1.2× as many people.
On the list
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- 2,039
- University of Waterloo
- 2,376
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- $145,594
- University of Waterloo
- $153,961
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- $163,459
- University of Waterloo
- $167,162
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- $335.3M
- University of Waterloo
- $398.5M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- University of Waterloo
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 | Toronto Metropolitan University | University of Waterloo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 2,039 | $145,594 | 2,376 | $153,961 |
| 2024 | 1,935 | $146,700 | 2,245 | $152,048 |
| 2023 | 1,847 | $146,079 | 2,139 | $150,048 |
| 2022 | 1,641 | $147,852 | 1,903 | $151,206 |
| 2021 | 1,601 | $146,611 | 1,856 | $151,144 |
| 2020 | 1,448 | $147,387 | 1,760 | $150,310 |
| 2019 | 1,363 | $148,546 | 1,676 | $148,966 |
| 2018 | 1,280 | $144,623 | 1,556 | $147,081 |
| 2017 | 1,201 | $145,607 | 1,450 | $144,850 |
| 2016 | 1,192 | $144,405 | 1,357 | $146,204 |
| 2015 | 1,046 | $142,632 | 1,295 | $144,182 |
| 2014 | 1,022 | $139,019 | 1,219 | $142,157 |
| 2013 | 946 | $135,553 | 1,139 | $140,280 |
| 2012 | 892 | $133,485 | 1,041 | $136,838 |
| 2011 | 790 | $128,075 | 955 | $133,929 |
| 2010 | 756 | $125,206 | 906 | $134,571 |
| 2009 | 704 | $123,186 | 845 | $132,043 |
| 2008 | 548 | $119,637 | 774 | $129,204 |
| 2007 | 489 | $118,593 | 688 | $125,680 |
| 2006 | 393 | $116,299 | 581 | $123,159 |
| 2005 | 324 | $114,150 | 519 | $120,404 |
| 2004 | 276 | $110,542 | 453 | $116,890 |
| 2003 | 263 | $111,826 | 367 | $112,552 |
| 2002 | 76 | $111,901 | 311 | $110,657 |
| 2001 | 80 | $112,433 | 245 | $107,917 |
| 2000 | 66 | $110,433 | 201 | $105,817 |
| 1999 | 71 | $106,238 | 150 | $105,648 |
| 1998 | 30 | $106,492 | 104 | $106,009 |
| 1997 | 29 | $105,637 | 90 | $104,808 |
| 1996 | 17 | $111,128 | 48 | $105,101 |
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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.