Highest-Paid Public-Sector Employees in Toronto (2025)

65,070 Toronto public-sector employees earned $100,000 or more on the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List, with an average salary of $136,855 and a median of $128,405. The highest-paid was Timothy Rutledge (President and Chief Executive Officer at Unity Health Toronto) at $675,196. The City of Toronto, Toronto Police, the TTC, the Toronto District School Board, and the University of Toronto.

These figures cover public-sector employers named for Toronto — its municipal government, police, transit, school boards, hospitals, and universities that carry the city’s name. Employees at organizations whose names don’t include “Toronto” (some hospitals and regional bodies) aren’t captured here. Records span 1996–2025.

Disclosed (2025)

65,070

Average salary

$136,855

Median salary

$128,405

Highest

$675,196

Largest public-sector employers in Toronto (2025)

Toronto District School Board14,085 · $126,654 avg City Of Toronto13,079 · $135,219 avg City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission9,614 · $121,680 avg University Of Toronto7,392 · $171,936 avg City Of Toronto – Police Service7,083 · $149,572 avg Toronto Catholic District School Board5,592 · $130,825 avg Unity Health Toronto2,896 · $125,107 avg Toronto Metropolitan University2,039 · $163,459 avg Toronto East General Hospital749 · $129,590 avg City Of Toronto – Toronto Community Housing Corp.668 · $127,658 avg City Of Toronto – Public Library Board371 · $119,379 avg Children's Aid Society Of Toronto337 · $118,837 avg

Top 25 highest-paid in Toronto (2025)

#	Name	Job title	Employer	Salary
1	Timothy Rutledge	President and Chief Executive Officer	Unity Health Toronto	$675,196
2	Alan Aspuru-Guzik	Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science	University Of Toronto	$649,993
3	Brian Golden	Professor of Strategic Management	University Of Toronto	$616,607
4	David Goldreich	Professor of Finance	University Of Toronto	$601,972
5	Theodore Brown	Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology	University Of Toronto	$598,159
6	Richard Leary	Chief Executive Officer	City Of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission	$597,192
7	William Strange	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	University Of Toronto	$596,033
8	Mikhail Simutin	Associate Professor of Finance	University Of Toronto	$593,667
9	Muhammad Mamdani	Vice President Data Science Advanced Analytics Quality Performance Information Management	Unity Health Toronto	$586,765
10	Dilip Soman	Professor of Marketing	University Of Toronto	$575,404
11	Sharon Straus	Executive Vice President Clinical and Chief Medical Officer	Unity Health Toronto	$574,832
12	Wei-Yi (Scott) Liao	Professor of Accounting	University Of Toronto	$573,981
13	Partha Sarat Mohanram	Professor of Accounting	University Of Toronto	$573,196
14	Glen Whyte	Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management	University Of Toronto	$572,792
15	Wendy Rotenberg	Professor of Finance	University Of Toronto	$565,190
16	Craig Andrew Doidge	Professor of Finance	University Of Toronto	$561,168
17	Mihnea Moldoveanu	Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy	University Of Toronto	$557,620
18	Meric Gertler	Professor of Geography and Planning	University Of Toronto	$555,450
19	Dean Martin	Executive Vice President Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer	Unity Health Toronto	$549,503
20	Liyan Yang	Professor of Finance	University Of Toronto	$541,454
21	Cheryl Misak	Professor of Philosophy	University Of Toronto	$539,961
22	Ajay Agrawal	Professor of Strategic Management	University Of Toronto	$537,683
23	Joseph Milner	Professor of Operations Management and Statistics	University Of Toronto	$536,048
24	Ole-Kristian Hope	Professor of Accounting	University Of Toronto	$535,550
25	Ing-Haw Cheng	Associate Professor, Finance	University Of Toronto	$534,219

Most common roles

Teacher, Elementary7,467Operator3,433Teacher – Elementary3,252Police Constable2,720Teacher, Secondary2,508Firefighter Operation1,793Teacher – Secondary1,720Registered Nurse1,429Plainclothes Police Constable1,286Assistant Curriculum Leader, Secondary990

Highest-Paid Public-Sector Employees in Toronto (2025)

Largest public-sector employers in Toronto (2025)

Top 25 highest-paid in Toronto (2025)

Most common roles

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