University of Toronto vs York University: who pays more?
In 2025 University of Toronto listed 7,392 employees with a median of $147,726; York University listed 2,557 with a median of $157,104 — that is 6% more at the median for York University, and University of Toronto lists 2.9× as many people.
On the list
- University of Toronto
- 7,392
- York University
- 2,557
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- University of Toronto
- $147,726
- York University
- $157,104
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- University of Toronto
- $171,936
- York University
- $170,678
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- University of Toronto
- $1.3B
- York University
- $438.1M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- University of Toronto
- York 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 | York University | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 7,392 | $147,726 | 2,557 | $157,104 |
| 2024 | 6,872 | $143,076 | 2,711 | $159,321 |
| 2023 | 5,946 | $148,826 | 2,318 | $150,148 |
| 2022 | 5,246 | $145,029 | 2,229 | $152,989 |
| 2021 | 4,984 | $143,828 | 2,125 | $149,843 |
| 2020 | 4,728 | $143,914 | 1,995 | $150,740 |
| 2019 | 4,342 | $146,809 | 1,850 | $153,620 |
| 2018 | 4,037 | $145,839 | 1,691 | $147,823 |
| 2017 | 3,738 | $146,477 | 1,681 | $146,733 |
| 2016 | 3,547 | $149,347 | 1,655 | $147,321 |
| 2015 | 3,288 | $143,402 | 1,609 | $138,782 |
| 2014 | 3,195 | $142,458 | 1,589 | $139,455 |
| 2013 | 3,032 | $142,349 | 1,596 | $134,683 |
| 2012 | 2,854 | $141,473 | 1,553 | $133,304 |
| 2011 | 2,739 | $140,444 | 1,467 | $131,315 |
| 2010 | 2,488 | $137,608 | 1,369 | $127,714 |
| 2009 | 2,370 | $136,050 | 1,239 | $125,752 |
| 2008 | 2,225 | $134,075 | 1,095 | $123,272 |
| 2007 | 2,034 | $131,429 | 1,023 | $121,536 |
| 2006 | 1,892 | $130,307 | 703 | $116,218 |
| 2005 | 1,609 | $125,488 | 691 | $115,553 |
| 2004 | 1,507 | $123,035 | 577 | $113,208 |
| 2003 | 1,443 | $121,868 | 483 | $110,147 |
| 2002 | 1,184 | $116,049 | 362 | $110,228 |
| 2001 | 1,093 | $114,648 | 271 | $110,361 |
| 2000 | 952 | $112,709 | 177 | $111,146 |
| 1999 | 805 | $110,883 | 126 | $113,979 |
| 1998 | 687 | $109,728 | 94 | $113,604 |
| 1997 | 630 | $109,879 | 81 | $114,545 |
| 1996 | 517 | $109,988 | 71 | $112,022 |
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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.