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Where does $253,000 rank on the Ontario Sunshine List?

On the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List (public-sector salaries $100K+), $253,000 sits above 98% of the 404,922 salaries — 7,132 people were paid at least $1,000 more — and about 107% above the provincial median of $122,262.

Percentile

98th

Higher than 98% of the list

Paid more

7,132

of 404,922 on the 2025 list

Paid less

397,657

133 within the same $1,000

Provincial median

$122,262

salary paid, 2025

Where it sits
2025 · all of Ontario

Salaries on the 2025 Sunshine List, by $5K bandBar chart of 404,922 salaries in 2025 from $100K to $300K and above; the $250K–$255K band, which holds $253K, is highlighted.025,00050,00075,000$100K$150K$200K$250K$300K+$253K

People per $5,000 band of salary paid; the last bar is everyone at $300,000 and above. The highlighted band holds $253,000.

By sector
the same salary, each list

ListPercentilePaid morePaid lessMedian
All of Ontario98th7,132397,657$122,262
Colleges≥ 99th80+10,830+$131,035
Crown Agencies97th48018,597$126,260
Government of Ontario – Judiciary≥ 53rd340+390+$198,433
Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices96th29771$134,436
Government of Ontario – Ministries96th1,48234,401$130,215
Hospitals & Boards of Public Health99th1,04273,729$118,359
Municipalities & Services99th51691,962$126,555
Ontario Power Generation95th56510,090$161,162
Other Public Sector Employers97th50315,210$120,964
School Boards≥ 99th60+112,590+$118,125
Seconded to Ministries≥ 95th<5180+$131,394
Universities93rd2,02528,890$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 $253,000. 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.