British Columbia’s 2019 compensation disclosure: every disclosed public-sector compensation for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.
In 2019, 10,288 employees at 116 British Columbia public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s compensation disclosure (FY 2018-19, the fiscal year ending in 2019). The average disclosed compensation was $100,742 and the median was $89,163 — the disclosure covers only employees above the $75,000 threshold in force that year, not the entire public-sector workforce.
Compared with 2018, the list grew by 1,230 names (+14%, from 9,058 to 10,288), and the average disclosed compensation fell 1.2% from $101,924.
The highest-paid person on the 2019 list was Thomas Bechard (Pres & CEO Powerex) at BC Hydro, at $938,499. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 10,288 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.
Top 25 by compensation on the 2019 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.
| Sector | Employees | Avg Compensation | Top Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Government | 9,749 | $96,925 | $291,789 |
| School Districts | 251 | $146,962 | $350,515 |
| Crown Corporations | 122 | $185,787 | $938,499 |
| Colleges & Institutes | 88 | $148,556 | $308,709 |
| Health Authorities | 35 | $256,717 | $418,154 |
| Universities | 33 | $238,967 | $601,772 |
| Public Service | 10 | $201,007 | $357,501 |
The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2019.
| Employer | Sector | Employees | Avg Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Province of British Columbia | Core Government | 9,749 | $96,925 |
| BC Hydro | Crown Corporations | 18 | $210,712 |
| Insurance Corporation of BC | Crown Corporations | 8 | $271,266 |
| BC Transit | Crown Corporations | 7 | $186,259 |
| Langara College | Colleges & Institutes | 7 | $103,631 |
| Providence Health Care Society | Health Authorities | 7 | $201,146 |
| School District 79 Cowichan Valley | School Districts | 7 | $116,355 |
| School District 82 Coast Mountain | School Districts | 7 | $127,098 |
| School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) | School Districts | 7 | $145,553 |
| School District No. 63 (Saanich) | School Districts | 7 | $107,230 |
| BC Pavilion Corporation | Crown Corporations | 6 | $168,426 |
| Camosun College | Colleges & Institutes | 6 | $157,797 |
| Community Living BC | Crown Corporations | 6 | $130,325 |
| Fraser Health Authority | Health Authorities | 6 | $254,109 |
| Interior Health Authority | Health Authorities | 6 | $250,421 |
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