Area Engineer salary in British Columbia
15 people with this title were paid $75,000 or more in 2026. Half earned between $100,112 and $106,339.
Median salary by year
Among people with this title on the list. The line is the same median in 2025 dollars, by British Columbia’s consumer price index (Statistics Canada, table 18-10-0005-01), each fiscal year priced at the calendar year most of its months fall in.
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| 2024 | $104,007 | $109,029 |
| 2025 | $110,525 | $112,875 |
| 2026 | $101,906 | $101,906 |
Pay bands
People with this title by salary, 2026.
Employers with the most
Highest paid in 2026
| # | Name | Employer | Gross salary | Change |
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| 1 | Mark deWit | BC Public Service | $117,768 | +$1,133 (+1.0%) |
| 2 | Chris Wickman | BC Public Service | $115,402 | −$1,665 (−1.4%) |
| 3 | Roderick Keetch | BC Public Service | $112,624 | −$1,362 (−1.2%) |
| 4 | Rance Robazza | BC Public Service | $111,926 | +$951 (+0.9%) |
| 5 | Jasbir Naul | BC Public Service | $106,339 | −$4,548 (−4.1%) |
| 6 | Samuel Lyster | BC Public Service | $104,546 | −$11,705 (−10.1%) |
| 7 | Raymond Michael Getzlaf | BC Public Service | $103,554 | −$6,971 (−6.3%) |
| 8 | Segwang Choi | BC Public Service | $101,906 | −$13,441 (−11.7%) |
| 9 | Michael Penner | BC Public Service | $101,799 | −$9,993 (−8.9%) |
| 10 | Greg Dohm | BC Public Service | $100,847 | −$14,824 (−12.8%) |
| 11 | Emily Findlay | BC Public Service | $100,112 | −$7,049 (−6.6%) |
| 12 | Mitchel Andrew Lowe | BC Public Service | $99,044 | −$18,960 (−16.1%) |
| 13 | Richard Mills | BC Public Service | $97,656 | −$13,097 (−11.8%) |
| 14 | Michael Burnett | BC Public Service | $96,799 | −$8,104 (−7.7%) |
| 15 | Jordan Smith | BC Public Service | $92,241 | −$14,731 (−13.8%) |
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Questions and answers
What is the median salary for a Area Engineer in British Columbia’s public sector?
$101,906 among the 15 people with this title on the 2026 list. Only people paid $75,000 or more are listed, so this is not the median for everyone in the job.
How much do most people with the title Area Engineer on the list earn?
Half were paid between $100,112 and $106,339 in 2026; the highest salary was $117,768.
Which employer has the most people with the title Area Engineer?
BC Public Service, with 15 on the 2026 list.
How many people with the title Area Engineer are on the list?
15 in 2026, up from 5 in 2024.
How does Area Engineer pay compare with the whole list?
Its median, $101,906, is 5.4% above the median of everyone on the 2026 list ($96,648).
How much does a Area Engineer make at BC Public Service?
The median salary of the 15 people with this title at BC Public Service was $101,906 in 2026.
Has Area Engineer pay gone up?
The median fell 7.8% from 2025 ($110,525) to 2026. In 2024 it was $104,007.
What is “gross salary”?
Gross salary as the Public Accounts publish it. For deputy ministers, their salary and other compensation; their travel, in a separate column, is not shown. The appointees’ and deputy ministers’ schedules list everyone, whatever their pay; only those paid $75,000 or more are shown, as for employees. How the lists work
Why is someone not on the list?
Only people paid $75,000 or more in the year are listed, and only by the public employers the Financial Information Act covers. Someone paid less that year, or working elsewhere, does not appear.