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 is the only year for which the Statement of Financial Information filings have been ingested, so its headcount is not comparable with earlier years: health authorities, school districts, crown corporations, universities and colleges all go from a handful of disclosed executives to their full over-$75,000 staff. Core government, the one sector covered the same way in both years, grew about 11%. FY 2017 is a smaller break of the same kind (the executive disclosures begin). 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.

#NamePositionEmployerCompensation
1Henry J R ReinerCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$253,694
2Ross HallawayParamedic Unit ChiefProvince of British Columbia$250,140
3Richard W CairnsCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$237,362
4James ChristensonVP, Medical ProgramsProvince of British Columbia$214,848
5Mark K LevitzLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$206,440
6Michael W YamanakaAssistant Medical DirectorProvince of British Columbia$193,863
7Oleh S KuzmaRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$192,746
8Peter M FavellCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$191,627
9Malcolm BiddleParamedic Unit ChiefProvince of British Columbia$187,907
10Gregory J FitchDirectorProvince of British Columbia$185,827
11John M GordonDeputy DirectorProvince of British Columbia$185,827
12Jay ChalkePublic Guardian & TrusteeProvince of British Columbia$182,353
13Errol S PriceDeputy Auditor GeneralProvince of British Columbia$182,146
14William LakeyMedical Health Officer 2Province of British Columbia$180,053
15Joseph BellowsLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$179,592
16Kathleen MurphyAdmin Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$178,121
17J Ray HallDeputy Regional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$176,679
18Robert H WrightDirectorProvince of British Columbia$176,146
19George CopleyLegal CounselProvince of British Columbia$175,798
20Glenn S KeltDeputy Regional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$173,585
21Karen WangerMedical CoordinatorProvince of British Columbia$173,452
22Lorne S FisherRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$173,237
23Craig JonesSr. Counsel Constitutional LawProvince of British Columbia$172,952
24Peter TiltWardenProvince of British Columbia$172,404
25Gordon HoustonSr. Counsel Civil LitigationProvince of British Columbia$170,423

2009 compensation by sector

SectorEmployeesAvg CompensationTop Compensation
Core Government5,221$92,238$253,694

Largest employers on the 2009 list

The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2009.

EmployerSectorEmployeesAvg Compensation
Province of British ColumbiaCore Government5,221$92,238

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