Sectors
The Ontario Sunshine List groups every disclosed salary into 13 public-sector categories, from 5,711 employers in total. Each sector page below tracks its own employee counts, top earners and salary trends back to 1996.
Colleges
10,926 employees earning $100K+ in 2025 across 24 employers, averaging $131,576. Disclosed 1996–2025.
Crown Agencies
19,087 employees earning $100K+ in 2025 across 76 employers, averaging $139,003. Disclosed 1996–2025.
Government of Ontario – Judiciary
733 employees earning $100K+ in 2025 across 2 employers, averaging $284,261. Disclosed 2003–2025. Before 2003, judges and justices were reported under the Ontario Public Service sector, which continues as Government of Ontario – Ministries.
Government of Ontario – Legislative Assembly and Offices
800 employees earning $100K+ in 2025 across 8 employers, averaging $147,995. Disclosed 2003–2025. Before 2003, the Legislative Assembly and its officers (Provincial Auditor, Ombudsman) were reported under the Ontario Public Service sector, which continues as Government of Ontario – Ministries.
Government of Ontario – Ministries
35,897 employees earning $100K+ in 2025 across 31 employers, averaging $144,785. Disclosed 1996–2025. The 1996–2002 figures are the Ontario Public Service sector, which also included the judiciary (roughly 250–420 judges a year) and the Legislative Assembly offices; both became separate sectors in 2003.
Hospitals & Boards of Public Health
74,777 employees earning $100K+ in 2025 across 151 employers, averaging $126,617. Disclosed 1996–2025.
Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation
12,026 employees earning $100K+ in 2014 across 3 employers, averaging $134,411. Disclosed 1999–2014.
Municipalities & Services
92,492 employees earning $100K+ in 2025 across 432 employers, averaging $133,194. Disclosed 1996–2025.
Ontario Power Generation
10,672 employees earning $100K+ in 2025 across 4 employers, averaging $170,459. Disclosed 2015–2025.
Other Public Sector Employers
15,721 employees earning $100K+ in 2025 across 1,442 employers, averaging $135,603. Disclosed 1996–2025. The 1997 file reported this sector in two buckets, "Other Public Sector" and "Other Public Sector Employers", with no employer in both; they are combined here.
School Boards
112,654 employees earning $100K+ in 2025 across 82 employers, averaging $122,996. Disclosed 1996–2025.
Seconded to Ministries
188 employees earning $100K+ in 2025, averaging $139,382. Disclosed 2009–2025. Secondments are reported under the employee's home employer, not a distinct "seconded" employer — this sector's own employer count is a separate, small set of employers that mostly stopped filing years ago.
Universities
30,975 employees earning $100K+ in 2025 across 32 employers, averaging $165,197. Disclosed 1996–2025.