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Where does $174,000 rank on the Ontario Sunshine List?
On the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List (public-sector salaries $100K+), a $174,000 salary beats 90% of the 404,922 salaries — 39,277 people were paid at least $1,000 more — and about 42% above the provincial median of $122,262.
Percentile
90thHigher than 90% of the list
Paid more
39,277of 404,922 on the 2025 list
Paid less
364,3111,334 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 $174,000.
By sector
the same salary, each list
| List | Percentile | Paid more | Paid less | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Ontario | 90th | 39,277 | 364,311 | $122,262 |
| Colleges | 95th | 536 | 10,379 | $131,035 |
| Crown Agencies | 86th | 2,576 | 16,439 | $126,260 |
| Government of Ontario – Judiciary | ≥ 10th | 640+ | 80+ | $198,433 |
| Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices | ≥ 80th | 150+ | 640+ | $134,436 |
| Government of Ontario – Ministries | 84th | 5,599 | 30,111 | $130,215 |
| Hospitals & Boards of Public Health | 95th | 3,505 | 71,193 | $118,359 |
| Municipalities & Services | 92nd | 7,270 | 84,864 | $126,555 |
| Ontario Power Generation | 63rd | 3,852 | 6,748 | $161,162 |
| Other Public Sector Employers | 88th | 1,854 | 13,828 | $120,964 |
| School Boards | 98th | 1,922 | 110,385 | $118,125 |
| Seconded to Ministries | ≥ 90th | 10+ | 170+ | $131,394 |
| Universities | 63rd | 11,357 | 19,455 | $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 $174,000. 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.