British Columbia’s 2024 compensation disclosure: every disclosed public-sector compensation for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.
In 2024, 20,990 employees at 123 British Columbia public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s compensation disclosure (FY 2023-24, the fiscal year ending in 2024). The average disclosed compensation was $107,520 and the median was $96,578 — the disclosure covers only employees above the $75,000 threshold in force that year, not the entire public-sector workforce.
Compared with 2023, the list grew by 3,511 names (+20%, from 17,479 to 20,990), and the average disclosed compensation rose 3.6% from $103,749.
The highest-paid person on the 2024 list was Thomas Bechard (Pres & CEO Powerex) at BC Hydro, at $1,607,609. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 20,990 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 2024 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.
| # | Name | Position | Employer | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Bechard | Pres & CEO Powerex | BC Hydro | $1,607,609 |
| 2 | Chris O'Riley | President & CEO | BC Hydro | $637,946 |
| 3 | Brenda Leong | Chair and CEO | BC Securities Commission | $585,675 |
| 4 | Anne Naser | President and CEO | WorkSafe BC | $546,711 |
| 5 | Cathy Ulrich | President & CEO | Northern Health Authority | $530,481 |
| 6 | Patrick Davis | President and CEO | BC Lottery Corporation | $527,943 |
| 7 | Kevin Hall | President and Vice Chancellor | University of Victoria | $526,989 |
| 8 | Kim Chi | Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, BC Cancer | Provincial Health Services Authority | $526,007 |
| 9 | Joy Johnson | President and Vice-Chancellor | Simon Fraser University | $525,373 |
| 10 | Charlotte Mitha | EVP, Operations | BC Hydro | $508,989 |
| 11 | Gage Averill | Provost and Vice-President, Academic | University of British Columbia | $495,500 |
| 12 | Maureen Daschuk | EVP, Integrated Planning | BC Hydro | $490,280 |
| 13 | Diana Stephenson | SVP, Customer and Corporate Affairs | BC Hydro | $477,261 |
| 14 | Susan Brown | PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | Interior Health Authority | $472,607 |
| 15 | David Byres | President & CEO | Provincial Health Services Authority | $467,181 |
| 16 | Ryan Layton | EVP, Finance, Technology, Supply Chain | BC Hydro | $462,587 |
| 17 | Victoria (Eun Hyung) Lee | President & Chief Executive Officer | Fraser Health Authority | $453,131 |
| 18 | Kathryn E MacNeil | President & CEO | Vancouver Island Health Authority | $451,732 |
| 19 | David Wong | President & CEO | Insurance Corporation of BC | $450,756 |
| 20 | Blair Fraser Morrison | Chief Executive Officer and Chief Statutory Officer | BC Financial Services Authority | $449,972 |
| 21 | Gordon Johnson | Vice Chair | BC Securities Commission | $437,677 |
| 22 | Vivian Eliopoulos | President & CEO | Vancouver Coastal Health Authority | $436,202 |
| 23 | Jason Wong | Chief Medical Officer and B.C.'s Deputy Provincial Health Officer | Provincial Health Services Authority | $434,278 |
| 24 | Peter J Brady | Executive Director | BC Securities Commission | $429,977 |
| 25 | Fiona Dalton | President and CEO | Providence Health Care Society | $421,390 |
| Sector | Employees | Avg Compensation | Top Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Government | 20,373 | $104,480 | $395,816 |
| School Districts | 277 | $182,928 | $412,429 |
| Crown Corporations | 159 | $219,727 | $1,607,609 |
| Colleges & Institutes | 102 | $193,824 | $397,933 |
| Health Authorities | 42 | $299,173 | $530,481 |
| Universities | 32 | $275,606 | $526,989 |
| Public Service | 5 | $302,344 | $401,460 |
The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2024.
| Employer | Sector | Employees | Avg Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Province of British Columbia | Core Government | 20,373 | $104,480 |
| BC Hydro | Crown Corporations | 15 | $244,624 |
| School District No. 43 (Coquitlam) | School Districts | 9 | $209,424 |
| BC Energy Regulator | Crown Corporations | 8 | $181,912 |
| School District 93 CSF | School Districts | 8 | $137,315 |
| School District No. 71 (Comox Valley) | School Districts | 8 | $130,937 |
| BC Lottery Corporation | Crown Corporations | 7 | $237,103 |
| BC Transit | Crown Corporations | 7 | $242,500 |
| Camosun College | Colleges & Institutes | 7 | $194,330 |
| Insurance Corporation of BC | Crown Corporations | 7 | $300,828 |
| Northern Health Authority | Health Authorities | 7 | $272,384 |
| Okanagan College | Colleges & Institutes | 7 | $161,710 |
| Provincial Health Services Authority | Health Authorities | 7 | $357,965 |
| Royal BC Museum | Crown Corporations | 7 | $121,588 |
| School District 39 Vancouver | School Districts | 7 | $211,174 |
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