Where does $194,000 rank on the Ontario Sunshine List?
On the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List (public-sector salaries $100K+), $194,000 is higher than 94% of the 404,922 salaries — 23,984 people were paid at least $1,000 more — and about 59% above the provincial median of $122,262.
Percentile
94thHigher than 94% of the list
Paid more
23,984of 404,922 on the 2025 list
Paid less
380,431507 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 $194,000.
By sector
the same salary, each list
| List | Percentile | Paid more | Paid less | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Ontario | 94th | 23,984 | 380,431 | $122,262 |
| Colleges | 97th | 337 | 10,578 | $131,035 |
| Crown Agencies | 92nd | 1,585 | 17,468 | $126,260 |
| Government of Ontario – Judiciary | ≥ 49th | 360+ | 360+ | $198,433 |
| Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices | ≥ 86th | 100+ | 690+ | $134,436 |
| Government of Ontario – Ministries | 90th | 3,677 | 32,149 | $130,215 |
| Hospitals & Boards of Public Health | 97th | 2,228 | 72,511 | $118,359 |
| Municipalities & Services | 96th | 3,515 | 88,870 | $126,555 |
| Ontario Power Generation | 77th | 2,359 | 8,258 | $161,162 |
| Other Public Sector Employers | 92nd | 1,256 | 14,451 | $120,964 |
| School Boards | 99th | 508 | 112,117 | $118,125 |
| Seconded to Ministries | 97th | 6 | 182 | $131,394 |
| Universities | 74th | 8,045 | 22,783 | $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 $194,000. 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.