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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
19962025

  • Toronto Metropolitan University
  • University of Waterloo
Toronto Metropolitan University and University of Waterloo, 1996–2025Toronto Metropolitan University: $111,128 in 1996 to $145,594 in 2025. University of Waterloo: $105,101 in 1996 to $153,961 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K$200K1996200620152025

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 Waterloo by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearToronto Metropolitan UniversityUniversity of Waterloo
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20252,039$145,5942,376$153,961
20241,935$146,7002,245$152,048
20231,847$146,0792,139$150,048
20221,641$147,8521,903$151,206
20211,601$146,6111,856$151,144
20201,448$147,3871,760$150,310
20191,363$148,5461,676$148,966
20181,280$144,6231,556$147,081
20171,201$145,6071,450$144,850
20161,192$144,4051,357$146,204
20151,046$142,6321,295$144,182
20141,022$139,0191,219$142,157
2013946$135,5531,139$140,280
2012892$133,4851,041$136,838
2011790$128,075955$133,929
2010756$125,206906$134,571
2009704$123,186845$132,043
2008548$119,637774$129,204
2007489$118,593688$125,680
2006393$116,299581$123,159
2005324$114,150519$120,404
2004276$110,542453$116,890
2003263$111,826367$112,552
200276$111,901311$110,657
200180$112,433245$107,917
200066$110,433201$105,817
199971$106,238150$105,648
199830$106,492104$106,009
199729$105,63790$104,808
199617$111,12848$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.