Data Scientist salary in British Columbia
17 people with this title were paid $75,000 or more in 2026. Half earned between $80,177 and $86,009.
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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| 2023 | $80,734 | $87,947 |
| 2024 | $84,345 | $88,417 |
| 2025 | $85,266 | $87,079 |
| 2026 | $82,858 | $82,858 |
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 | Ryan Mokarian | BC Public Service | $93,492 | +$3,614 (+4.0%) |
| 2 | Thomas Binsl | BC Public Service | $91,588 | +$1,548 (+1.7%) |
| 3 | Christopher Chutter | BC Public Service | $89,182 | −$5,140 (−5.4%) |
| 4 | Kayla McLean | BC Public Service | $86,951 | −$1,040 (−1.2%) |
| 5 | Stephen Jollymore | BC Public Service | $86,009 | −$4,277 (−4.7%) |
| 6 | Muhammad Mizanur Rahman | BC Public Service | $85,912 | −$2,584 (−2.9%) |
| 7 | Bonnie–Jean Ashcroft | BC Public Service | $83,264 | −$10,993 (−11.7%) |
| 8 | Stephanie Yurchak | BC Public Service | $83,124 | −$11,107 (−11.8%) |
| 9 | Dane Letourneau | BC Public Service | $82,858 | −$2,225 (−2.6%) |
| 10 | Kiri Daust | BC Public Service | $82,326 | +$2,241 (+2.8%) |
| 11 | Karen Doepel | BC Public Service | $81,390 | −$1,400 (−1.7%) |
| 12 | Kelechukwu T Genger | BC Public Service | $80,562 | −$2,514 (−3.0%) |
| 13 | Mahyar Hamedi | BC Public Service | $80,177 | −$2,387 (−2.9%) |
| 14 | Jianru Deng | BC Public Service | $79,962 | +$359 (+0.5%) |
| 15 | Amelia Lowery | BC Public Service | $78,506 | −$5,790 (−6.9%) |
| 16 | Katia Aristova | BC Public Service | $77,959 | −$7,307 (−8.6%) |
| 17 | Nigel David | BC Public Service | $75,138 | −$11,953 (−13.7%) |
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Questions and answers
What is the median salary for a Data Scientist in British Columbia’s public sector?
$82,858 among the 17 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 Data Scientist on the list earn?
Half were paid between $80,177 and $86,009 in 2026; the highest salary was $93,492.
Which employer has the most people with the title Data Scientist?
BC Public Service, with 17 on the 2026 list.
How many people with the title Data Scientist are on the list?
17 in 2026, up from 7 in 2023.
How does Data Scientist pay compare with the whole list?
Its median, $82,858, is 13.9% below the median of everyone on the 2026 list ($96,267).
How much does a Data Scientist make at BC Public Service?
The median salary of the 17 people with this title at BC Public Service was $82,858 in 2026.
Has Data Scientist pay gone up?
The median fell 2.8% from 2025 ($85,266) to 2026. In 2023 it was $80,734.
What is “gross salary”?
The one pay figure British Columbia publishes for each person for the fiscal year, shown as published. British Columbia does not publish taxable benefits separately, so none are shown. 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.