The 2025 Sunshine List ranks the highest-paid city employees in Toronto

The Toronto Sunshine List is out for 2025, giving the public a transparent look into who gets paid what by the City of Toronto. 

Like the names atop the broader Ontario Sunshine List, the high salaries City employees earned in 2024 are bound to be a controversial topic, especially amid such uncertain financial times and polarized opinions about the current state of the city.

Here's a ranking of the top paid City of Toronto employees as detailed in the latest Sunshine List.

1. Rick Leary, TTC CEO: $670,372.53
2. Paul Johnson, City Manager: $479,163.73
3. Sean Hume, TDSB elementary school principal: $471,633.52
4. Wong Chung, Toronto Police Sergeant: $428,232.24
5. Jagdeep Sharma, Deputy City Manager: $415,877.14
6. Donald Boyle, Board of Governors: $414,825.76
7. Bruce MacGregor, TTC Deputy CEO: $397,497.80
8. Myron Demkiw, Toronto Police Chief: $394,228.56
9. Brett Moore, Toronto Police Sergeant: $383,267.88
10. Stephen N Conforti, Chief Financial Officer And Treasurer: $368,551.96

Rick Leary retained his rank in 2023 salaries as the highest-paid Toronto public employee in 2024.

Paul Johnson held the #2 spot, though his wage in the previous Sunshine List was $417,216, meaning he earned a $61,947 raise from the year before. Johnson's 2024 pay increase alone exceeded the average Toronto wage of $57,549 based on ZipRecruiter data as of late March 2025.

Sean Hume, a TDSB elementary school principal, is one notable inclusion on the third spot. Hume was cleared in 2020 of wrongdoing stemming from a 2018 incident where he was accused of assault after restraining a student. It looks like Hume got a hefty payout for this incident in 2024.