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Where does $178,000 rank on the Ontario Sunshine List?
On the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List (public-sector salaries $100K+), a $178,000 salary beats 91% of the 404,922 salaries — about 34,955 people were paid more — and about 46% above the provincial median of $122,262.
Percentile
91stHigher than 91% of the list
Paid more
34,955of 404,922 on the 2025 list
Paid less
368,7261,241 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 $178,000.
By sector
the same salary, each list
| List | Percentile | Paid more | Paid less | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Ontario | 91st | 34,955 | 368,726 | $122,262 |
| Colleges | 95th | 495 | 10,423 | $131,035 |
| Crown Agencies | 88th | 2,303 | 16,716 | $126,260 |
| Government of Ontario – Judiciary | ≥ 16th | 390+ | 120+ | $198,433 |
| Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices | ≥ 82nd | 140+ | 660+ | $134,436 |
| Government of Ontario – Ministries | 86th | 5,082 | 30,715 | $130,215 |
| Hospitals & Boards of Public Health | 96th | 3,185 | 71,514 | $118,359 |
| Municipalities & Services | 93rd | 6,173 | 86,021 | $126,555 |
| Ontario Power Generation | 66th | 3,523 | 7,072 | $161,162 |
| Other Public Sector Employers | 89th | 1,696 | 13,983 | $120,964 |
| School Boards | 99th | 1,281 | 111,198 | $118,125 |
| Seconded to Ministries | ≥ 90th | 10+ | 170+ | $131,394 |
| Universities | 65th | 10,671 | 20,127 | $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 $178,000. 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.