British Columbia Sunshine List 2013 (FY 2012-13)

British Columbia’s 2013 compensation disclosure: every disclosed public-sector compensation for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.

5,430
employees disclosed
$93,971
average compensation
$85,706
median compensation
$273,145
highest compensation

In 2013, 5,430 employees at 1 British Columbia public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s compensation disclosure (FY 2012-13, the fiscal year ending in 2013). The average disclosed compensation was $93,971 and the median was $85,706 — the disclosure covers only employees above the $75,000 threshold in force that year, not the entire public-sector workforce.

Compared with 2012, the list shrank by 460 names (-7.8%, from 5,890 to 5,430), and the average disclosed compensation fell 0.5% from $94,444.

The highest-paid person on the 2013 list was William Lakey (Medical Dir, Work Hlth & Safe) at Province of British Columbia, at $273,145. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 5,430 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, 2013

Top 25 by compensation on the 2013 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.

#NamePositionEmployerCompensation
1William LakeyMedical Dir, Work Hlth & SafeProvince of British Columbia$273,145
2Henry J R ReinerCrown Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$250,131
3Michael W YamanakaAssistant Medical DirectorProvince of British Columbia$232,564
4Ralph KeeferCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$230,028
5Robert H WrightExecutive Director, CASPProvince of British Columbia$225,608
6David A JardineCrown Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$224,262
7Gordon G MateiDeputy DirectorProvince of British Columbia$220,496
8Paige L JohnstoneCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$216,560
9Peter M FavellCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$212,947
10Lorne S FisherRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$208,936
11C Geoffrey BaragarLegal Counsel Level 3BProvince of British Columbia$207,207
12Michael S PetrieLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$206,941
13Oleh S KuzmaLegal Counsel ManagerProvince of British Columbia$206,736
14Joseph BellowsLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$206,376
15Mark K LevitzLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$205,285
16Christopher McPhersonLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$196,891
17Elliot Z PollCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$194,796
18Catherine M RomankoPublic Guardian & TrusteeProvince of British Columbia$194,591
19Jennifer JordanJudicial OfficerProvince of British Columbia$194,553
20Kathryn SaintyThe Registrar, Supreme CourtProvince of British Columbia$194,553
21M. Andrew MacDonaldRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$194,166
22Brian RendellDirector, Legal OperationsProvince of British Columbia$193,171
23Shannon J HalykRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$190,606
24Grant B WongDeputy Regional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$190,606
25Richard de BoerDir Policy & LegislationProvince of British Columbia$190,604

2013 compensation by sector

SectorEmployeesAvg CompensationTop Compensation
Core Government5,430$93,971$273,145

Largest employers on the 2013 list

The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2013.

EmployerSectorEmployeesAvg Compensation
Province of British ColumbiaCore Government5,430$93,971

Other years

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