British Columbia Sunshine List 2009 (FY 2008-09)

British Columbia’s 2009 compensation disclosure: every disclosed public-sector compensation for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.

5,221

employees disclosed

$92,238

average compensation

$85,813

median compensation

$253,694

highest compensation

In 2009, 5,221 employees at 1 British Columbia public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s compensation disclosure (FY 2008-09, the fiscal year ending in 2009). The average disclosed compensation was $92,238 and the median was $85,813 — the disclosure covers only employees above the $75,000 threshold in force that year, not the entire public-sector workforce.

The highest-paid person on the 2009 list was Henry J R Reiner (Crown Counsel) at Province of British Columbia, at $253,694. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 5,221 records, use the data explorer or see the British Columbia dashboard for the latest year.

FY 2025 figures include school district SOFI data (~21K employees over $75K) that wasn't ingested for prior fiscal years; the headcount increase is partly a coverage change, not a workforce change. FY 2010 is missing from the source data.

Highest-paid public-sector employees in British Columbia, 2009

Top 25 by compensation on the 2009 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.

Name

Position

Employer

Compensation

Henry J R Reiner

Crown Counsel

#	Name	Position	Employer	Compensation
1	Henry J R Reiner	Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$253,694
2	Ross Hallaway	Paramedic Unit Chief	Province of British Columbia	$250,140
3	Richard W Cairns	Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$237,362
4	James Christenson	VP, Medical Programs	Province of British Columbia	$214,848
5	Mark K Levitz	Legal Counsel Level 4	Province of British Columbia	$206,440
6	Michael W Yamanaka	Assistant Medical Director	Province of British Columbia	$193,863
7	Oleh S Kuzma	Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$192,746
8	Peter M Favell	Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$191,627
9	Malcolm Biddle	Paramedic Unit Chief	Province of British Columbia	$187,907
10	Gregory J Fitch	Director	Province of British Columbia	$185,827
11	John M Gordon	Deputy Director	Province of British Columbia	$185,827
12	Jay Chalke	Public Guardian & Trustee	Province of British Columbia	$182,353
13	Errol S Price	Deputy Auditor General	Province of British Columbia	$182,146
14	William Lakey	Medical Health Officer 2	Province of British Columbia	$180,053
15	Joseph Bellows	Legal Counsel Level 4	Province of British Columbia	$179,592
16	Kathleen Murphy	Admin Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$178,121
17	J Ray Hall	Deputy Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$176,679
18	Robert H Wright	Director	Province of British Columbia	$176,146
19	George Copley	Legal Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$175,798
20	Glenn S Kelt	Deputy Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$173,585
21	Karen Wanger	Medical Coordinator	Province of British Columbia	$173,452
22	Lorne S Fisher	Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$173,237
23	Craig Jones	Sr. Counsel Constitutional Law	Province of British Columbia	$172,952
24	Peter Tilt	Warden	Province of British Columbia	$172,404
25	Gordon Houston	Sr. Counsel Civil Litigation	Province of British Columbia	$170,423

British Columbia Sunshine List 2009 (FY 2008-09)

Highest-paid public-sector employees in British Columbia, 2009

2009 compensation by sector

Largest employers on the 2009 list

Other years