Communications Manager salary in British Columbia
34 people with this title were paid $75,000 or more in 2026. Half earned between $91,066 and $102,369.
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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| 2016 | $82,136 | $108,307 |
| 2017 | $82,136 | $106,361 |
| 2018 | $89,965 | $114,076 |
| 2019 | $87,732 | $108,298 |
| 2020 | $89,556 | $108,025 |
| 2021 | $91,883 | $109,996 |
| 2022 | $91,594 | $106,670 |
| 2023 | $95,214 | $103,721 |
| 2024 | $96,676 | $101,344 |
| 2025 | $98,400 | $100,492 |
| 2026 | $96,332 | $96,332 |
Pay bands
People with this title by salary, 2026.
Same job, different employer
Median salary at each of the 2 employers with 5 or more people in this job, highest first, against the median for everyone with the title.
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Questions and answers
What is the median salary for a Communications Manager in British Columbia’s public sector?
$96,332 among the 34 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 Manager on the list earn?
Half were paid between $91,066 and $102,369 in 2026; the highest salary was $124,290.
Which employer pays Communications Manager the most?
Order-in-Council appointees and other staff: a median of $99,177 among 26 people in 2026, the highest of the employers with 5 or more in this job.
Which employer has the most people with the title Communications Manager?
Order-in-Council appointees and other staff, with 26 on the 2026 list.
How many people with the title Communications Manager are on the list?
34 in 2026, up from 5 in 2016.
How does Communications Manager pay compare with the whole list?
Its median, $96,332, is 0.3% below the median of everyone on the 2026 list ($96,648).
How much does a Communications Manager make at Order-in-Council appointees and other staff?
The median salary of the 26 people with this title at Order-in-Council appointees and other staff was $99,177 in 2026.
How much does a Communications Manager make at BC Public Service?
The median salary of the 8 people with this title at BC Public Service was $85,708 in 2026.
Has Communications Manager pay gone up?
The median fell 2.1% from 2025 ($98,400) to 2026. In 2016 it was $82,136.
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.