Where does $163,000 rank on the Ontario Sunshine List?
On the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List (public-sector salaries $100K+), a $163,000 salary beats 86% of the 404,922 salaries — 54,098 people were paid at least $1,000 more — and about 33% above the provincial median of $122,262.
Percentile
86thHigher than 86% of the list
Paid more
54,098of 404,922 on the 2025 list
Paid less
349,3961,428 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 $163,000.
By sector
the same salary, each list
| List | Percentile | Paid more | Paid less | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Ontario | 86th | 54,098 | 349,396 | $122,262 |
| Colleges | 93rd | 768 | 10,136 | $131,035 |
| Crown Agencies | 81st | 3,428 | 15,546 | $126,260 |
| Government of Ontario – Judiciary | ≥ 9th | 650+ | 70+ | $198,433 |
| Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices | ≥ 72nd | 210+ | 580+ | $134,436 |
| Government of Ontario – Ministries | 78th | 7,630 | 28,086 | $130,215 |
| Hospitals & Boards of Public Health | 94th | 4,622 | 70,043 | $118,359 |
| Municipalities & Services | 87th | 11,600 | 80,406 | $126,555 |
| Ontario Power Generation | 52nd | 4,978 | 5,584 | $161,162 |
| Other Public Sector Employers | 85th | 2,308 | 13,363 | $120,964 |
| School Boards | 96th | 4,661 | 107,854 | $118,125 |
| Seconded to Ministries | ≥ 85th | 20+ | 160+ | $131,394 |
| Universities | 57th | 13,211 | 17,555 | $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 $163,000. 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.