University of Toronto vs Wilfrid Laurier University: who pays more?
University of Toronto had 7,392 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $147,726, Wilfrid Laurier University 862 with a median of $153,871 — Wilfrid Laurier University pays its listed staff 4% more at the median, and University of Toronto lists 8.6× as many people.
On the list
- University of Toronto
- 7,392
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- 862
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- University of Toronto
- $147,726
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- $153,871
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- University of Toronto
- $171,936
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- $157,973
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- University of Toronto
- $1.3B
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- $136.7M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- University of Toronto
- Wilfrid Laurier University
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 | Wilfrid Laurier University | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 7,392 | $147,726 | 862 | $153,871 |
| 2024 | 6,872 | $143,076 | 793 | $154,158 |
| 2023 | 5,946 | $148,826 | 747 | $150,361 |
| 2022 | 5,246 | $145,029 | 683 | $151,676 |
| 2021 | 4,984 | $143,828 | 670 | $150,590 |
| 2020 | 4,728 | $143,914 | 672 | $155,750 |
| 2019 | 4,342 | $146,809 | 637 | $147,185 |
| 2018 | 4,037 | $145,839 | 617 | $142,673 |
| 2017 | 3,738 | $146,477 | 603 | $140,272 |
| 2016 | 3,547 | $149,347 | 566 | $134,213 |
| 2015 | 3,288 | $143,402 | 556 | $136,181 |
| 2014 | 3,195 | $142,458 | 504 | $129,887 |
| 2013 | 3,032 | $142,349 | 487 | $130,882 |
| 2012 | 2,854 | $141,473 | 450 | $130,235 |
| 2011 | 2,739 | $140,444 | 372 | $127,189 |
| 2010 | 2,488 | $137,608 | 355 | $127,757 |
| 2009 | 2,370 | $136,050 | 360 | $128,848 |
| 2008 | 2,225 | $134,075 | 267 | $124,172 |
| 2007 | 2,034 | $131,429 | 253 | $122,314 |
| 2006 | 1,892 | $130,307 | 209 | $120,536 |
| 2005 | 1,609 | $125,488 | 171 | $119,297 |
| 2004 | 1,507 | $123,035 | 144 | $116,955 |
| 2003 | 1,443 | $121,868 | 126 | $117,331 |
| 2002 | 1,184 | $116,049 | 102 | $114,818 |
| 2001 | 1,093 | $114,648 | 88 | $112,570 |
| 2000 | 952 | $112,709 | 76 | $109,467 |
| 1999 | 805 | $110,883 | 66 | $109,624 |
| 1998 | 687 | $109,728 | 48 | $107,280 |
| 1997 | 630 | $109,879 | 46 | $109,085 |
| 1996 | 517 | $109,988 | 32 | $104,964 |
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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.