University of Guelph vs University of Western Ontario: who pays more?

University of Guelph had 1,504 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $151,779, University of Western Ontario 1,963 with a median of $156,504 — University of Western Ontario pays its listed staff 3% more at the median, and University of Western Ontario lists 1.3× as many people.

On the list

University of Guelph
1,504
University of Western Ontario
1,963

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

University of Guelph
$151,779
University of Western Ontario
$156,504

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

University of Guelph
$164,997
University of Western Ontario
$166,269

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

University of Guelph
$249.3M
University of Western Ontario
$327.3M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
1996–2025

  • University of Guelph
  • University of Western Ontario
University of Guelph and University of Western Ontario, 1996–2025University of Guelph: $105,273 in 1996 to $151,779 in 2025. University of Western Ontario: $112,645 in 1996 to $156,504 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

University of Guelph and University of Western Ontario by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearUniversity of GuelphUniversity of Western Ontario
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20251,504$151,7791,963$156,504
20241,311$148,1531,874$155,463
20231,149$151,8501,758$152,942
20221,134$152,4851,589$152,235
20211,095$152,3751,507$149,298
20201,066$151,8821,415$147,746
20191,016$149,2301,396$142,678
2018961$148,7721,375$140,293
2017888$147,3561,358$138,353
2016849$145,1551,338$137,233
2015830$142,3251,298$135,156
2014841$145,1651,247$132,913
2013805$136,8831,183$130,941
2012788$133,1531,101$131,019
2011739$129,4921,009$128,691
2010725$128,145953$126,263
2009655$123,795894$124,209
2008606$120,795792$123,054
2007444$116,286730$121,093
2006404$113,796531$115,874
2005344$111,797490$113,742
2004305$111,733427$112,423
2003299$111,287400$111,696
2002175$105,351258$110,020
200193$104,599222$108,926
200068$105,794268$109,235
199948$106,880139$110,000
199843$108,070152$111,888
199739$107,417138$110,122
199636$105,273137$112,645

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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.