University of Toronto vs University of Waterloo: who pays more?
University of Toronto had 7,392 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $147,726, University of Waterloo 2,376 with a median of $153,961 — University of Waterloo pays its listed staff 4% more at the median, and University of Toronto lists 3.1× as many people.
On the list
- University of Toronto
- 7,392
- University of Waterloo
- 2,376
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- University of Toronto
- $147,726
- University of Waterloo
- $153,961
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- University of Toronto
- $171,936
- University of Waterloo
- $167,162
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- University of Toronto
- $1.3B
- University of Waterloo
- $398.5M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- University of Toronto
- University of Waterloo
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 Toronto | University of Waterloo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 7,392 | $147,726 | 2,376 | $153,961 |
| 2024 | 6,872 | $143,076 | 2,245 | $152,048 |
| 2023 | 5,946 | $148,826 | 2,139 | $150,048 |
| 2022 | 5,246 | $145,029 | 1,903 | $151,206 |
| 2021 | 4,984 | $143,828 | 1,856 | $151,144 |
| 2020 | 4,728 | $143,914 | 1,760 | $150,310 |
| 2019 | 4,342 | $146,809 | 1,676 | $148,966 |
| 2018 | 4,037 | $145,839 | 1,556 | $147,081 |
| 2017 | 3,738 | $146,477 | 1,450 | $144,850 |
| 2016 | 3,547 | $149,347 | 1,357 | $146,204 |
| 2015 | 3,288 | $143,402 | 1,295 | $144,182 |
| 2014 | 3,195 | $142,458 | 1,219 | $142,157 |
| 2013 | 3,032 | $142,349 | 1,139 | $140,280 |
| 2012 | 2,854 | $141,473 | 1,041 | $136,838 |
| 2011 | 2,739 | $140,444 | 955 | $133,929 |
| 2010 | 2,488 | $137,608 | 906 | $134,571 |
| 2009 | 2,370 | $136,050 | 845 | $132,043 |
| 2008 | 2,225 | $134,075 | 774 | $129,204 |
| 2007 | 2,034 | $131,429 | 688 | $125,680 |
| 2006 | 1,892 | $130,307 | 581 | $123,159 |
| 2005 | 1,609 | $125,488 | 519 | $120,404 |
| 2004 | 1,507 | $123,035 | 453 | $116,890 |
| 2003 | 1,443 | $121,868 | 367 | $112,552 |
| 2002 | 1,184 | $116,049 | 311 | $110,657 |
| 2001 | 1,093 | $114,648 | 245 | $107,917 |
| 2000 | 952 | $112,709 | 201 | $105,817 |
| 1999 | 805 | $110,883 | 150 | $105,648 |
| 1998 | 687 | $109,728 | 104 | $106,009 |
| 1997 | 630 | $109,879 | 90 | $104,808 |
| 1996 | 517 | $109,988 | 48 | $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.