British Columbia’s 2022 compensation disclosure: every disclosed public-sector compensation for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.
In 2022, 14,582 employees at 124 British Columbia public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s compensation disclosure (FY 2021-22, the fiscal year ending in 2022). The average disclosed compensation was $101,251 and the median was $90,408 — the disclosure covers only employees above the $75,000 threshold in force that year, not the entire public-sector workforce.
Compared with 2021, the list grew by 1,551 names (+12%, from 13,031 to 14,582), and the average disclosed compensation rose 0.1% from $101,168.
The highest-paid person on the 2022 list was Thomas Bechard (Pres & CEO Powerex) at BC Hydro, at $977,776. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 14,582 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 2022 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.
| Sector | Employees | Avg Compensation | Top Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Government | 13,983 | $97,705 | $372,919 |
| School Districts | 263 | $160,712 | $398,001 |
| Crown Corporations | 151 | $193,106 | $977,776 |
| Colleges & Institutes | 103 | $172,179 | $369,807 |
| Health Authorities | 40 | $270,055 | $463,870 |
| Universities | 31 | $255,510 | $612,824 |
| Public Service | 11 | $213,480 | $483,291 |
The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2022.
| Employer | Sector | Employees | Avg Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Province of British Columbia | Core Government | 13,983 | $97,705 |
| BC Hydro | Crown Corporations | 15 | $232,682 |
| School District 39 Vancouver | School Districts | 10 | $164,899 |
| BC Assessment | Crown Corporations | 9 | $158,967 |
| Insurance Council of BC | Crown Corporations | 8 | $171,848 |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University | Colleges & Institutes | 8 | $167,156 |
| Royal BC Museum | Crown Corporations | 8 | $109,879 |
| BC Transit | Crown Corporations | 7 | $204,738 |
| Langara College | Colleges & Institutes | 7 | $179,981 |
| Legal Aid BC | Crown Corporations | 7 | $143,636 |
| Oil and Gas Commission | Crown Corporations | 7 | $175,453 |
| School District 08 Kootenay Lake | School Districts | 7 | $110,800 |
| School District 35 Langley | School Districts | 7 | $147,653 |
| School District 82 Coast Mountain | School Districts | 7 | $128,048 |
| School District No. 36 (Surrey) | School Districts | 7 | $175,195 |
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