British Columbia Sunshine List 2016 (FY 2015-16)

British Columbia’s 2016 compensation disclosure: every disclosed public-sector compensation for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.

6,829

employees disclosed

$95,866

average compensation

$86,875

median compensation

$284,077

highest compensation

In 2016, 6,829 employees at 1 British Columbia public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s compensation disclosure (FY 2015-16, the fiscal year ending in 2016). The average disclosed compensation was $95,866 and the median was $86,875 — the disclosure covers only employees above the $75,000 threshold in force that year, not the entire public-sector workforce.

Compared with 2015, the list grew by 454 names (+7.1%, from 6,375 to 6,829), and the average disclosed compensation rose 0.6% from $95,331.

The highest-paid person on the 2016 list was Mary Ellen TurpelLafond (Rep for Children & Youth) at Province of British Columbia, at $284,077. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 6,829 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, 2016

Top 25 by compensation on the 2016 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.

Name

Position

Employer

Compensation

Mary Ellen TurpelLafond

Rep for Children & Youth

#	Name	Position	Employer	Compensation
1	Mary Ellen TurpelLafond	Rep for Children & Youth	Province of British Columbia	$284,077
2	William Lakey	Medical Dir, Work Hlth & Safe	Province of British Columbia	$283,235
3	Michael W Yamanaka	Assistant Medical Director	Province of British Columbia	$252,168
4	Brent G Mullin	Chair Labour Relations Board	Province of British Columbia	$241,506
5	Rodrick H Mackenzie	Exec Dir, Legal Svs & Inquests	Province of British Columbia	$232,300
6	Catherine Murray	Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$230,366
7	C Geoffrey Baragar	Legal Counsel 4	Province of British Columbia	$228,324
8	Catherine M Romanko	Public Guardian & Trustee	Province of British Columbia	$227,146
9	M. Andrew MacDonald	Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$224,828
10	Sylvia M Addo	Salaried Physician (BCMA)	Province of British Columbia	$223,295
11	Robert H Wright	Executive Director, CASP	Province of British Columbia	$220,882
12	David A Jardine	Legal Counsel Level 4	Province of British Columbia	$220,359
13	Paul Yearwood	Supervising Legal Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$218,422
14	Gordon G Matei	Deputy Director	Province of British Columbia	$217,641
15	Declan T M Brennan	Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$216,646
16	Monty J Carstairs	Deputy Director	Province of British Columbia	$214,267
17	Kenneth D Madsen	Deputy Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$214,212
18	Grant B Wong	Deputy Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$213,827
19	Alexander MacDonell	Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$213,264
20	David A Kidd	Deputy Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$213,108
21	John Labossiere	Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$212,556
22	Peter Juk	Director, CASP	Province of British Columbia	$212,329
23	Shannon J Halyk	Regional Crown Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$212,289
24	Oleh S Kuzma	Legal Counsel Manager	Province of British Columbia	$212,287
25	Neil MacKenzie	Senior Communications Counsel	Province of British Columbia	$212,287

British Columbia Sunshine List 2016 (FY 2015-16)

Highest-paid public-sector employees in British Columbia, 2016

2016 compensation by sector

Largest employers on the 2016 list

Other years