Where does $138,000 rank on the Ontario Sunshine List?
On the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List (public-sector salaries $100K+), a $138,000 salary beats 72% of the 404,922 salaries — about 108,102 people were paid more — and roughly 13% more than the provincial median of $122,262.
Percentile
72ndHigher than 72% of the list
Paid more
108,102of 404,922 on the 2025 list
Paid less
293,5673,253 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 $138,000.
By sector
the same salary, each list
| List | Percentile | Paid more | Paid less | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Ontario | 72nd | 108,102 | 293,567 | $122,262 |
| Colleges | 78th | 2,215 | 8,480 | $131,035 |
| Crown Agencies | 63rd | 6,804 | 12,101 | $126,260 |
| Government of Ontario – Judiciary | 8th | 674 | 59 | $198,433 |
| Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices | ≥ 52nd | 370+ | 420+ | $134,436 |
| Government of Ontario – Ministries | 60th | 14,130 | 21,437 | $130,215 |
| Hospitals & Boards of Public Health | 82nd | 12,567 | 61,613 | $118,359 |
| Municipalities & Services | 66th | 30,382 | 61,079 | $126,555 |
| Ontario Power Generation | 25th | 7,927 | 2,655 | $161,162 |
| Other Public Sector Employers | 71st | 4,413 | 11,166 | $120,964 |
| School Boards | 90th | 10,511 | 101,684 | $118,125 |
| Seconded to Ministries | ≥ 58th | 70+ | 110+ | $131,394 |
| Universities | 41st | 18,030 | 12,762 | $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 $138,000. 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.