Where does $600,000 rank on the Ontario Sunshine List?
On the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List (public-sector salaries $100K+), a $600,000 salary beats at least 99% of the 404,922 salaries — 60+ people were paid at least $1,000 more — and roughly 4.9 times the provincial median of $122,262.
Percentile
≥ 99thHigher than at least 99% of the list
Paid more
60+of 404,922 on the 2025 list
Paid less
404,860+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 $600,000.
By sector
the same salary, each list
| List | Percentile | Paid more | Paid less | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Ontario | ≥ 99th | 60+ | 404,860+ | $122,262 |
| Colleges | ≥ 99th | <5 | 10,920+ | $131,035 |
| Crown Agencies | 99th | 8 | 19,079 | $126,260 |
| Government of Ontario – Judiciary | 100th | 0 | 733 | $198,433 |
| Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices | 100th | 0 | 800 | $134,436 |
| Government of Ontario – Ministries | ≥ 99th | <5 | 35,890+ | $130,215 |
| Hospitals & Boards of Public Health | ≥ 99th | 20+ | 74,750+ | $118,359 |
| Municipalities & Services | ≥ 99th | <5 | 92,490+ | $126,555 |
| Ontario Power Generation | 99th | 17 | 10,655 | $161,162 |
| Other Public Sector Employers | ≥ 99th | <5 | 15,710+ | $120,964 |
| School Boards | 100th | 0 | 112,654 | $118,125 |
| Seconded to Ministries | 100th | 0 | 188 | $131,394 |
| Universities | ≥ 99th | 0+ | 30,960+ | $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 $600,000. 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.