British Columbia Sunshine List 2012 (FY 2011-12)

British Columbia’s 2012 compensation disclosure: every disclosed public-sector compensation for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.

5,890
employees disclosed
$94,444
average compensation
$86,865
median compensation
$247,488
highest compensation

In 2012, 5,890 employees at 1 British Columbia public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s compensation disclosure (FY 2011-12, the fiscal year ending in 2012). The average disclosed compensation was $94,444 and the median was $86,865 — the disclosure covers only employees above the $75,000 threshold in force that year, not the entire public-sector workforce.

Compared with 2011, the list shrank by 118 names (-2%, from 6,008 to 5,890), and the average disclosed compensation rose 1.2% from $93,364.

The highest-paid person on the 2012 list was Robert H Wright (Executive Director, CASP) at Province of British Columbia, at $247,488. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 5,890 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, 2012

Top 25 by compensation on the 2012 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.

#NamePositionEmployerCompensation
1Robert H WrightExecutive Director, CASPProvince of British Columbia$247,488
2Henry J R ReinerLegal CounselProvince of British Columbia$245,922
3William LakeyMedical Dir, Work Hlth & SafeProvince of British Columbia$244,280
4Michael W YamanakaAssistant Medical DirectorProvince of British Columbia$241,543
5Ralph KeeferLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$231,701
6Wendy DawsonLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$224,937
7David A JardineCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$216,554
8Peter InsleyLegal Counsel Level 3Province of British Columbia$215,112
9Paige L JohnstoneCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$213,887
10Gordon G MateiCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$212,382
11Peter M FavellCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$212,118
12Michael S PetrieLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$212,118
13Shelene RailLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$206,321
14Christopher McPhersonLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$201,290
15Grant B WongDeputy Regional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$199,861
16Richard de BoerDir Policy & LegislationProvince of British Columbia$197,907
17Joseph BellowsLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$197,792
18Jennifer JordanJudicial OfficerProvince of British Columbia$197,136
19Kathryn SaintyThe Registrar, Supreme CourtProvince of British Columbia$197,136
20Lorne S FisherRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$195,819
21Brian RendellDirector, Legal OperationsProvince of British Columbia$195,735
22Oleh S KuzmaRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$195,373
23Maurizio DattiloDeputy Regional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$194,984
24Shannon J HalykRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$194,852
25M. Andrew MacDonaldDirector of CASPProvince of British Columbia$193,716

2012 compensation by sector

SectorEmployeesAvg CompensationTop Compensation
Core Government5,890$94,444$247,488

Largest employers on the 2012 list

The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2012.

EmployerSectorEmployeesAvg Compensation
Province of British ColumbiaCore Government5,890$94,444

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