Where does $156,000 rank on the Ontario Sunshine List?
On the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List (public-sector salaries $100K+), $156,000 sits above 83% of the 404,922 salaries — roughly 65,409 were paid more — and roughly 28% more than the provincial median of $122,262.
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Percentile
83rdHigher than 83% of the list
Paid more
65,409of 404,922 on the 2025 list
Paid less
337,7281,785 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 $156,000.
By sector
the same salary, each list
| List | Median |
|---|---|
| All of Ontario | $122,262 |
| Colleges | $131,035 |
| Crown Agencies | $126,260 |
| Government of Ontario – Judiciary | $198,433 |
| Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices | $134,436 |
| Government of Ontario – Ministries | $130,215 |
| Hospitals & Boards of Public Health | $118,359 |
| Municipalities & Services | $126,555 |
| Ontario Power Generation | $161,162 |
| Other Public Sector Employers | $120,964 |
| School Boards | $118,125 |
| Seconded to Ministries | $131,394 |
| Universities | $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 $156,000. 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. The 2025 figures were published here on .