Where does $177,000 rank on the Ontario Sunshine List?
On the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List (public-sector salaries $100K+), $177,000 sits above 91% of the 404,922 salaries — 36,196 people were paid at least $1,000 more — and roughly 45% more than the provincial median of $122,262.
Percentile
91stHigher than 91% of the list
Paid more
36,196of 404,922 on the 2025 list
Paid less
367,815911 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 $177,000.
By sector
the same salary, each list
| List | Percentile | Paid more | Paid less | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Ontario | 91st | 36,196 | 367,815 | $122,262 |
| Colleges | 95th | 503 | 10,411 | $131,035 |
| Crown Agencies | 87th | 2,371 | 16,660 | $126,260 |
| Government of Ontario – Judiciary | 14th | 613 | 101 | $198,433 |
| Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices | ≥ 81st | 140+ | 650+ | $134,436 |
| Government of Ontario – Ministries | 85th | 5,182 | 30,570 | $130,215 |
| Hospitals & Boards of Public Health | 96th | 3,263 | 71,442 | $118,359 |
| Municipalities & Services | 93rd | 6,471 | 85,784 | $126,555 |
| Ontario Power Generation | 65th | 3,600 | 6,976 | $161,162 |
| Other Public Sector Employers | 89th | 1,738 | 13,946 | $120,964 |
| School Boards | 99th | 1,456 | 111,124 | $118,125 |
| Seconded to Ministries | ≥ 90th | 10+ | 170+ | $131,394 |
| Universities | 64th | 10,848 | 19,968 | $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 $177,000. 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.