Trent University vs University of Toronto: who pays more?
Trent University had 454 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $141,421, University of Toronto 7,392 with a median of $147,726 — that is 4% more at the median for University of Toronto, and University of Toronto lists 16× as many people.
On the list
- Trent University
- 454
- University of Toronto
- 7,392
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- Trent University
- $141,421
- University of Toronto
- $147,726
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- Trent University
- $155,289
- University of Toronto
- $171,936
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- Trent University
- $70.8M
- University of Toronto
- $1.3B
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- Trent University
- University of Toronto
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 | Trent University | University of Toronto | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 454 | $141,421 | 7,392 | $147,726 |
| 2024 | 413 | $138,948 | 6,872 | $143,076 |
| 2023 | 373 | $140,095 | 5,946 | $148,826 |
| 2022 | 329 | $144,567 | 5,246 | $145,029 |
| 2021 | 338 | $147,263 | 4,984 | $143,828 |
| 2020 | 332 | $148,216 | 4,728 | $143,914 |
| 2019 | 251 | $144,048 | 4,342 | $146,809 |
| 2018 | 261 | $145,506 | 4,037 | $145,839 |
| 2017 | 237 | $143,474 | 3,738 | $146,477 |
| 2016 | 230 | $139,864 | 3,547 | $149,347 |
| 2015 | 249 | $135,307 | 3,288 | $143,402 |
| 2014 | 240 | $134,695 | 3,195 | $142,458 |
| 2013 | 234 | $130,646 | 3,032 | $142,349 |
| 2012 | 229 | $128,684 | 2,854 | $141,473 |
| 2011 | 221 | $127,776 | 2,739 | $140,444 |
| 2010 | 211 | $128,507 | 2,488 | $137,608 |
| 2009 | 207 | $127,675 | 2,370 | $136,050 |
| 2008 | 171 | $127,489 | 2,225 | $134,075 |
| 2007 | 155 | $124,032 | 2,034 | $131,429 |
| 2006 | 143 | $124,518 | 1,892 | $130,307 |
| 2005 | 141 | $119,587 | 1,609 | $125,488 |
| 2004 | 118 | $115,329 | 1,507 | $123,035 |
| 2003 | 94 | $113,406 | 1,443 | $121,868 |
| 2002 | 62 | $109,782 | 1,184 | $116,049 |
| 2001 | 40 | $105,762 | 1,093 | $114,648 |
| 2000 | 44 | $104,099 | 952 | $112,709 |
| 1999 | 45 | $104,780 | 805 | $110,883 |
| 1998 | 36 | $102,499 | 687 | $109,728 |
| 1997 | 12 | $104,677 | 630 | $109,879 |
| 1996 | <5 | <5 | 517 | $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.