University of Guelph vs University of Toronto: who pays more?
University of Guelph had 1,504 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $151,779, University of Toronto 7,392 with a median of $147,726 — University of Guelph pays its listed staff 3% more at the median, and University of Toronto lists 4.9× as many people.
On the list
- University of Guelph
- 1,504
- University of Toronto
- 7,392
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- University of Guelph
- $151,779
- University of Toronto
- $147,726
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- University of Guelph
- $164,997
- University of Toronto
- $171,936
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- University of Guelph
- $249.3M
- University of Toronto
- $1.3B
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- University of Guelph
- 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 | University of Guelph | University of Toronto | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 1,504 | $151,779 | 7,392 | $147,726 |
| 2024 | 1,311 | $148,153 | 6,872 | $143,076 |
| 2023 | 1,149 | $151,850 | 5,946 | $148,826 |
| 2022 | 1,134 | $152,485 | 5,246 | $145,029 |
| 2021 | 1,095 | $152,375 | 4,984 | $143,828 |
| 2020 | 1,066 | $151,882 | 4,728 | $143,914 |
| 2019 | 1,016 | $149,230 | 4,342 | $146,809 |
| 2018 | 961 | $148,772 | 4,037 | $145,839 |
| 2017 | 888 | $147,356 | 3,738 | $146,477 |
| 2016 | 849 | $145,155 | 3,547 | $149,347 |
| 2015 | 830 | $142,325 | 3,288 | $143,402 |
| 2014 | 841 | $145,165 | 3,195 | $142,458 |
| 2013 | 805 | $136,883 | 3,032 | $142,349 |
| 2012 | 788 | $133,153 | 2,854 | $141,473 |
| 2011 | 739 | $129,492 | 2,739 | $140,444 |
| 2010 | 725 | $128,145 | 2,488 | $137,608 |
| 2009 | 655 | $123,795 | 2,370 | $136,050 |
| 2008 | 606 | $120,795 | 2,225 | $134,075 |
| 2007 | 444 | $116,286 | 2,034 | $131,429 |
| 2006 | 404 | $113,796 | 1,892 | $130,307 |
| 2005 | 344 | $111,797 | 1,609 | $125,488 |
| 2004 | 305 | $111,733 | 1,507 | $123,035 |
| 2003 | 299 | $111,287 | 1,443 | $121,868 |
| 2002 | 175 | $105,351 | 1,184 | $116,049 |
| 2001 | 93 | $104,599 | 1,093 | $114,648 |
| 2000 | 68 | $105,794 | 952 | $112,709 |
| 1999 | 48 | $106,880 | 805 | $110,883 |
| 1998 | 43 | $108,070 | 687 | $109,728 |
| 1997 | 39 | $107,417 | 630 | $109,879 |
| 1996 | 36 | $105,273 | 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.