Where does $188,000 rank on the Ontario Sunshine List?
On the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List (public-sector salaries $100K+), a $188,000 salary beats 93% of the 404,922 salaries — 27,421 people were paid at least $1,000 more — and roughly 54% more than the provincial median of $122,262.
Percentile
93rdHigher than 93% of the list
Paid more
27,421of 404,922 on the 2025 list
Paid less
376,902599 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 $188,000.
By sector
the same salary, each list
| List | Percentile | Paid more | Paid less | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Ontario | 93rd | 27,421 | 376,902 | $122,262 |
| Colleges | ≥ 96th | 390+ | 10,520+ | $131,035 |
| Crown Agencies | 90th | 1,822 | 17,224 | $126,260 |
| Government of Ontario – Judiciary | ≥ 49th | 370+ | 360+ | $198,433 |
| Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices | ≥ 85th | 110+ | 680+ | $134,436 |
| Government of Ontario – Ministries | 88th | 4,070 | 31,746 | $130,215 |
| Hospitals & Boards of Public Health | 97th | 2,512 | 72,205 | $118,359 |
| Municipalities & Services | 95th | 4,316 | 88,030 | $126,555 |
| Ontario Power Generation | 74th | 2,716 | 7,893 | $161,162 |
| Other Public Sector Employers | 91st | 1,406 | 14,287 | $120,964 |
| School Boards | 99th | 665 | 111,973 | $118,125 |
| Seconded to Ministries | ≥ 95th | 0+ | 180+ | $131,394 |
| Universities | 70th | 9,030 | 21,794 | $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 $188,000. 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.