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 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, 2015

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

Name

Position

Employer

Compensation

Keith Archer

Chief Electoral Officer

#	Name	Position	Employer	Compensation
1	Keith Archer	Chief Electoral Officer	Province of British Columbia	$271,376
2	Mary Ellen TurpelLafond	Rep for Children & Youth	Province of British Columbia	$271,352
3	Stanley Thomas Lowe	Police Complaint Commissioner	Province of British Columbia	$271,307
4	William Lakey	Medical Dir, Work Hlth & Safe	Province of British Columbia	$253,256
5	Brent G Mullin	Chair Labour Relations Board	Province of British Columbia	$236,206
6	Michael W Yamanaka	Assistant Medical Director	Province of British Columbia	$234,895
7	Russ A Jones	Deputy Auditor General	Province of British Columbia	$224,774
8	Robert H Wright	Executive Director, CASP	Province of British Columbia	$220,314
9	C Geoffrey Baragar	Legal Counsel Level 3B	Province of British Columbia	$219,257
10	Catherine Murray	Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$217,444
11	Catherine M Romanko	Public Guardian & Trustee	Province of British Columbia	$216,656
12	Gordon G Matei	Deputy Director	Province of British Columbia	$213,125
13	Mark K Levitz	Legal Counsel Level 4	Province of British Columbia	$211,790
14	Grant B Wong	Deputy Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$209,747
15	M. Andrew MacDonald	Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$209,524
16	Sylvia M Addo	Salaried Physician (BCMA)	Province of British Columbia	$206,923
17	Christopher McPherson	Legal Counsel Level 4	Province of British Columbia	$206,519
18	Oleh S Kuzma	Legal Counsel Manager	Province of British Columbia	$204,129
19	Declan T M Brennan	Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$203,338
20	Alexander MacDonell	Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$201,131
21	Donald G Wilson	Legal Counsel Level 4	Province of British Columbia	$201,014
22	Peter Juk	Director, CASP	Province of British Columbia	$200,313
23	Richard de Boer	Dir Policy & Legislation	Province of British Columbia	$200,276
24	Shannon J Halyk	Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$200,276
25	Neil MacKenzie	Senior Communications Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$200,276

British Columbia Sunshine List 2015 (FY 2014-15)

Highest-paid public-sector employees in British Columbia, 2015

2015 compensation by sector

Largest employers on the 2015 list

Other years