Where does $125,000 rank on the Ontario Sunshine List?
On the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List (public-sector salaries $100K+), $125,000 sits above 55% of the 404,922 salaries — 178,048 people were paid at least $1,000 more — and about 2% above the provincial median of $122,262.
Percentile
55thHigher than 55% of the list
Paid more
178,048of 404,922 on the 2025 list
Paid less
221,2105,664 within the same $1,000
Provincial median
$122,262salary paid, 2025
Where it sits
2025 · all of Ontario
People per $5,000 band of salary paid; the last bar is everyone at $300,000 and above. The highlighted band holds $125,000.
By sector
the same salary, each list
| List | Percentile | Paid more | Paid less | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Ontario | 55th | 178,048 | 221,210 | $122,262 |
| Colleges | 39th | 6,452 | 4,279 | $131,035 |
| Crown Agencies | 49th | 9,580 | 9,261 | $126,260 |
| Government of Ontario – Judiciary | 7th | 680 | 53 | $198,433 |
| Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices | 36th | 489 | 291 | $134,436 |
| Government of Ontario – Ministries | 40th | 20,996 | 14,446 | $130,215 |
| Hospitals & Boards of Public Health | 66th | 24,401 | 49,016 | $118,359 |
| Municipalities & Services | 48th | 46,987 | 43,954 | $126,555 |
| Ontario Power Generation | 15th | 8,993 | 1,617 | $161,162 |
| Other Public Sector Employers | 56th | 6,713 | 8,806 | $120,964 |
| School Boards | 71st | 31,376 | 79,956 | $118,125 |
| Seconded to Ministries | 38th | 110 | 71 | $131,394 |
| Universities | 31st | 21,271 | 9,460 | $151,306 |
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Method. Percentiles are computed on salary paid (not salary plus taxable benefits) for every record on the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List, in $1,000 bands. The list only includes public-sector employees paid $100,000 or more, so a rank here is a rank among the top of the public sector — not among all Ontario workers, and not among private-sector pay. “Paid more” counts people paid at least $1,000 above $125,000. Counts under five are shown as “<5”, and whenever one figure is that small the others are rounded down (“404,910+”) so it cannot be recovered by subtraction. Nobody is named on this page.