British Columbia Sunshine List 2015 (FY 2014-15)

British Columbia’s 2015 compensation disclosure: every disclosed public-sector compensation for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.

6,375
employees disclosed
$95,331
average compensation
$86,935
median compensation
$271,376
highest compensation

In 2015, 6,375 employees at 1 British Columbia public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s compensation disclosure (FY 2014-15, the fiscal year ending in 2015). The average disclosed compensation was $95,331 and the median was $86,935 — the disclosure covers only employees above the $75,000 threshold in force that year, not the entire public-sector workforce.

Compared with 2014, the list grew by 474 names (+8%, from 5,901 to 6,375), and the average disclosed compensation fell 2.1% from $97,327.

The highest-paid person on the 2015 list was Keith Archer (Chief Electoral Officer) at Province of British Columbia, at $271,376. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 6,375 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, 2015

Top 25 by compensation on the 2015 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.

#NamePositionEmployerCompensation
1Keith ArcherChief Electoral OfficerProvince of British Columbia$271,376
2Mary Ellen Turpel–LafondRep for Children & YouthProvince of British Columbia$271,352
3Stanley Thomas LowePolice Complaint CommissionerProvince of British Columbia$271,307
4William LakeyMedical Dir, Work Hlth & SafeProvince of British Columbia$253,256
5Brent G MullinChair Labour Relations BoardProvince of British Columbia$236,206
6Michael W YamanakaAssistant Medical DirectorProvince of British Columbia$234,895
7Russ A JonesDeputy Auditor GeneralProvince of British Columbia$224,774
8Robert H WrightExecutive Director, CASPProvince of British Columbia$220,314
9C Geoffrey BaragarLegal Counsel Level 3BProvince of British Columbia$219,257
10Catherine MurrayCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$217,444
11Catherine M RomankoPublic Guardian & TrusteeProvince of British Columbia$216,656
12Gordon G MateiDeputy DirectorProvince of British Columbia$213,125
13Mark K LevitzLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$211,790
14Grant B WongDeputy Regional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$209,747
15M. Andrew MacDonaldRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$209,524
16Sylvia M AddoSalaried Physician (BCMA)Province of British Columbia$206,923
17Christopher McPhersonLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$206,519
18Oleh S KuzmaLegal Counsel ManagerProvince of British Columbia$204,129
19Declan T M BrennanCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$203,338
20Alexander MacDonellRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$201,131
21Donald G WilsonLegal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$201,014
22Peter JukDirector, CASPProvince of British Columbia$200,313
23Richard de BoerDir Policy & LegislationProvince of British Columbia$200,276
24Shannon J HalykRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$200,276
25Neil MacKenzieSenior Communications CounselProvince of British Columbia$200,276

2015 compensation by sector

SectorEmployeesAvg CompensationTop Compensation
Core Government6,375$95,331$271,376

Largest employers on the 2015 list

The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2015.

EmployerSectorEmployeesAvg Compensation
Province of British ColumbiaCore Government6,375$95,331

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