Highest-Paid Researchers in British Columbia (2025)

In 2025, 208 researcher roles appeared on the British Columbia Compensation Disclosure, earning an average of $98,985 and a median of $89,360. The highest-paid was Gail C Murphy (Vice-President Research and Innovation at University of British Columbia) at $436,268. Research associates, scientists, and coordinators at public universities and agencies.

Figures cover disclosed public-sector employees only (those above British Columbia’s $75,000 disclosure threshold). Records span 2009–2025.

Researchers disclosed (2025)

208

Average

$98,985

Median

$89,360

Highest

$383,986

Top 25 highest-paid researchers (2025)

#	Name	Job title	Employer	Total
1	Gail C Murphy	Vice-President Research and Innovation	University of British Columbia	$436,268
2	Lisa Kalynchuk	Vice-President, Research and Innovation	University of Victoria	$381,910
3	Dugan O'Neil	Vice-President, Research and Innovation	Simon Fraser University	$379,727
4	Paula Wood-Adams	VP Research & Innovation	University of Northern BC	$336,411
5	David Jonathan Peters Wells	Vice President, Academic & Research	Vancouver Community College	$287,898
6	Nicole Vaugeois	AVP Research and Graduate Studies	Vancouver Island University	$243,592
7	Robin Hicks	Vice-President, Academic & Applied Research	College of the Rockies	$243,388
8	Justin Langlois	Associate Vice President, Research + Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies	Emily Carr University of Art and Design	$223,052
9	Tara Diane Hyland-Russell	Vice-President, Academic & Research	Northern Lights College	$216,392
10	Jodi Giesbrecht	VP, Archives, Research and Collections	Royal BC Museum	$149,545
11	Katherine Cotie	Dir, Strat. Policy & Research	Province of British Columbia	$139,218
12	Angela Weltz	Exec Director, Policy&Research	Province of British Columbia	$137,450
13	Jenni Bard	Director, SI,Research & Policy	Province of British Columbia	$135,029
14	Tejinder Sidhu	Dir. Policy Research & Systems	Province of British Columbia	$132,617
15	Annik Foreman	Director, Policy & Research	Province of British Columbia	$131,176
16	Marten Geertsema	Research Geomorphologist	Province of British Columbia	$128,982
17	Victoria M Schuckel	Ex Dir Strat Policy & Research	Province of British Columbia	$127,221
18	Richard James Brown	Dir Bus Research & Diagnostics	Province of British Columbia	$126,943
19	Madison Reid	Exec Dir, Research and Policy	Province of British Columbia	$122,616
20	Brendan Gregory Nicholas Miller	Research Scientist	Province of British Columbia	$119,735
21	Caren Dymond	Research Carbon & Climate Chg	Province of British Columbia	$118,916
22	Ariel Lade	Dir, Social Policy & Research	Province of British Columbia	$118,452
23	Robert Rivers	Manager, Policy and Research	Province of British Columbia	$116,283
24	Kingslin Lv	Director, Comp Data & Research	Province of British Columbia	$115,571
25	Heather Chia	Mgr, Research Coordination	Province of British Columbia	$114,929

Employers with the most researchers (2025)

Province of British Columbia198 · $92,175 avg University of British Columbia1 · $383,986 avg Simon Fraser University1 · $320,027 avg University of Northern BC1 · $253,321 avg Vancouver Community College1 · $241,104 avg University of Victoria1 · $229,967 avg College of the Rockies1 · $204,680 avg Vancouver Island University1 · $202,713 avg Emily Carr University of Art and Design1 · $187,323 avg Northern Lights College1 · $185,275 avg Royal BC Museum1 · $129,754 avg

Job titles included

Research Officer26Research Analyst20Research and Policy Analyst10Researcher6Sr. User Experience Researcher5Senior Researcher4Research Silviculturist4Research Geomorphologist4Manager, Research and Writing4User Experience Researcher3

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