Communications Director salary in British Columbia
28 people with this title were paid $75,000 or more in 2026. Half earned between $115,378 and $127,108.
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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| 2019 | $105,096 | $129,733 |
| 2020 | $103,986 | $125,432 |
| 2021 | $103,170 | $123,507 |
| 2022 | $108,036 | $125,817 |
| 2023 | $113,494 | $123,634 |
| 2024 | $117,066 | $122,718 |
| 2025 | $121,846 | $124,437 |
| 2026 | $120,882 | $120,882 |
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Questions and answers
What is the median salary for a Communications Director in British Columbia’s public sector?
$120,882 among the 28 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 Communications Director on the list earn?
Half were paid between $115,378 and $127,108 in 2026; the highest salary was $155,253.
Which employer has the most people with the title Communications Director?
Order-in-Council appointees and other staff, with 27 on the 2026 list.
How many people with the title Communications Director are on the list?
28 in 2026, up from 17 in 2019.
What share of people with the title Communications Director are paid $150,000 or more?
4% of those on the 2026 list (1 person), and 0% $200,000 or more (0).
How does Communications Director pay compare with the whole list?
Its median, $120,882, is 25.1% above the median of everyone on the 2026 list ($96,648).
How much does a Communications Director make at Order-in-Council appointees and other staff?
The median salary of the 27 people with this title at Order-in-Council appointees and other staff was $120,797 in 2026.
Has Communications Director pay gone up?
The median fell 0.8% from 2025 ($121,846) to 2026. In 2019 it was $105,096.
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.