Town of Essex vs Town of Grimsby: who pays more?
Town of Essex had 32 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $134,338, Town of Grimsby 33 with a median of $129,176 — Town of Essex pays its listed staff 4% more at the median, and Town of Grimsby lists 1× as many people.
On the list
- Town of Essex
- 32
- Town of Grimsby
- 33
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- Town of Essex
- $134,338
- Town of Grimsby
- $129,176
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- Town of Essex
- $132,672
- Town of Grimsby
- $132,867
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- Town of Essex
- $4.3M
- Town of Grimsby
- $4.4M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
2003–2025
- Town of Essex
- Town of Grimsby
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 | Town of Essex | Town of Grimsby | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 32 | $134,338 | 33 | $129,176 |
| 2024 | 27 | $134,913 | 25 | $127,422 |
| 2023 | 21 | $118,910 | 24 | $119,624 |
| 2022 | 18 | $118,184 | 26 | $115,798 |
| 2021 | 21 | $118,516 | 20 | $116,222 |
| 2020 | 20 | $120,237 | 19 | $115,573 |
| 2019 | 15 | $114,726 | 13 | $111,480 |
| 2018 | 13 | $117,396 | 15 | $105,572 |
| 2017 | 11 | $117,067 | 5 | $123,519 |
| 2016 | 9 | $111,356 | 6 | $117,580 |
| 2015 | 10 | $111,892 | 6 | $115,227 |
| 2014 | 8 | $117,400 | 6 | $111,764 |
| 2013 | <5 | <5 | 6 | $109,436 |
| 2012 | <5 | <5 | 6 | $107,596 |
| 2011 | <5 | <5 | 6 | $104,651 |
| 2010 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| 2009 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| 2008 | 8 | $108,406 | <5 | <5 |
| 2007 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| 2006 | 6 | $102,646 | <5 | <5 |
| 2005 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| 2004 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| 2003 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
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: Municipalities & Services. Data runs through 2025.