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

University of Toronto had 7,392 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $147,726, University of Western Ontario 1,963 with a median of $156,504 — University of Western Ontario pays its listed staff 6% more at the median, and University of Toronto lists 3.8× as many people.

On the list

University of Toronto
7,392
University of Western Ontario
1,963

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

University of Toronto
$147,726
University of Western Ontario
$156,504

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

University of Toronto
$171,936
University of Western Ontario
$166,269

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

University of Toronto
$1.3B
University of Western Ontario
$327.3M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
1996–2025

  • University of Toronto
  • University of Western Ontario
University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario, 1996–2025University of Toronto: $109,988 in 1996 to $147,726 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 Toronto and University of Western Ontario by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearUniversity of TorontoUniversity of Western Ontario
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20257,392$147,7261,963$156,504
20246,872$143,0761,874$155,463
20235,946$148,8261,758$152,942
20225,246$145,0291,589$152,235
20214,984$143,8281,507$149,298
20204,728$143,9141,415$147,746
20194,342$146,8091,396$142,678
20184,037$145,8391,375$140,293
20173,738$146,4771,358$138,353
20163,547$149,3471,338$137,233
20153,288$143,4021,298$135,156
20143,195$142,4581,247$132,913
20133,032$142,3491,183$130,941
20122,854$141,4731,101$131,019
20112,739$140,4441,009$128,691
20102,488$137,608953$126,263
20092,370$136,050894$124,209
20082,225$134,075792$123,054
20072,034$131,429730$121,093
20061,892$130,307531$115,874
20051,609$125,488490$113,742
20041,507$123,035427$112,423
20031,443$121,868400$111,696
20021,184$116,049258$110,020
20011,093$114,648222$108,926
2000952$112,709268$109,235
1999805$110,883139$110,000
1998687$109,728152$111,888
1997630$109,879138$110,122
1996517$109,988137$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.