British Columbia Sunshine List 2026 (FY 2025-26)

British Columbia’s 2026 compensation disclosure: every disclosed public-sector compensation for the year, with top earners, sectors, and employers.

22,383
employees disclosed
$105,943
average compensation
$96,267
median compensation
$423,987
highest compensation

In 2026, 22,383 employees at 1 British Columbia public-sector employers were disclosed on the province’s compensation disclosure (FY 2025-26, the fiscal year ending in 2026). The average disclosed compensation was $105,943 and the median was $96,267 — the disclosure covers only employees above the $75,000 threshold in force that year, not the entire public-sector workforce.

Compared with 2025, the list shrank by 141,295 names (-86%, from 163,678 to 22,383), and the average disclosed compensation fell 8.5% from $115,834.

The highest-paid person on the 2026 list was Jennifer Charlesworth (Rep for Children & Youth) at Province of British Columbia, at $423,987. The full top 25 is below; for interactive filtering of all 22,383 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.

Highest-paid public-sector employees in British Columbia, 2026

Top 25 by compensation on the 2026 disclosure. Click a name for their full year-by-year profile.

#NamePositionEmployerCompensation
1Jennifer CharlesworthRep for Children & YouthProvince of British Columbia$423,987
2William LakeyADM Medical DirectorProvince of British Columbia$367,563
3Robert H WrightExecutive Director, CASP (MCM)Province of British Columbia$353,108
4Shiroy DadachanjiMedical ConsultantProvince of British Columbia$349,272
5Brendan Gerard McCabeCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$345,004
6Jessica PattersonRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$343,914
7Kirstin MurphyRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$343,013
8Craig YamashiroDeputy Regional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$342,301
9James Bruce StewartDeputy Regional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$339,296
10Maria D'ArchangeloPEA Legal Counsel Level 4Province of British Columbia$334,794
11Monte R RuttanDeputy Regional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$334,490
12Michael Van KlaverenDirector, CASPProvince of British Columbia$334,184
13Alisia K. AdamsDir Policy & Justice IssuesProvince of British Columbia$327,872
14John LabossiereRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$327,872
15Lori Ellen StevensRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$327,872
16Kimberly WendelRegional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$327,872
17Grant B WongDirector, Legal OperationsProvince of British Columbia$327,424
18Jenny L MachekDeputy Regional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$327,062
19Dianne M WiedemannCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$325,024
20Timothy R. OuterbridgeRegistrar of COAProvince of British Columbia$324,733
21Michael W YamanakaAssistant Medical DirectorProvince of British Columbia$323,656
22Joseph BellowsCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$321,872
23Kimberly Henders MillerDeputy Regional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$319,743
24M. Andrew MacDonaldDeputy Regional Crown CounselProvince of British Columbia$318,594
25Christopher McPhersonCrown CounselProvince of British Columbia$318,590

2026 compensation by sector

SectorEmployeesAvg CompensationTop Compensation
Core Government22,383$105,943$423,987

Largest employers on the 2026 list

The 15 employers with the most disclosed employees in 2026.

EmployerSectorEmployeesAvg Compensation
Province of British ColumbiaCore Government22,383$105,943

Other years

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