Engineering Technician salary in British Columbia
16 people with this title were paid $75,000 or more in 2026. Half earned between $80,433 and $89,179.
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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| 2018 | $84,139 | $106,688 |
| 2019 | $80,675 | $99,587 |
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| 2022 | $78,398 | $91,302 |
| 2023 | $79,653 | $86,770 |
| 2024 | $83,658 | $87,698 |
| 2025 | $83,606 | $85,383 |
| 2026 | $81,972 | $81,972 |
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 | Max Rennie Marshall | BC Public Service | $123,303 | +$7,856 (+6.8%) |
| 2 | Caleb Garriott | BC Public Service | $93,145 | −$11,868 (−11.3%) |
| 3 | Mark Ross | BC Public Service | $92,054 | −$1,541 (−1.6%) |
| 4 | Brody Trooper Jordan | BC Public Service | $91,335 | −$4,351 (−4.5%) |
| 5 | Joel Richards | BC Public Service | $89,179 | −$1,617 (−1.8%) |
| 6 | Alan West | BC Public Service | $87,238 | −$1,203 (−1.4%) |
| 7 | James Todd Phillips | BC Public Service | $86,327 | −$2,209 (−2.5%) |
| 8 | Andrew Upson | BC Public Service | $82,124 | −$74 (−0.1%) |
| 9 | Zachary Tjader | BC Public Service | $81,820 | −$208 (−0.3%) |
| 10 | William Darren Henshaw | BC Public Service | $81,780 | +$178 (+0.2%) |
| 11 | Brian R S Bissett | BC Public Service | $81,554 | +$905 (+1.1%) |
| 12 | Benjamin Trerise | BC Public Service | $80,433 | +$3,187 (+4.1%) |
| 13 | Garrit Feenstra | BC Public Service | $80,184 | new |
| 14 | Michael Wagmann | BC Public Service | $79,960 | +$401 (+0.5%) |
| 15 | Matthew McCluskey | BC Public Service | $78,022 | −$1,472 (−1.9%) |
| 16 | Steven Henderson | BC Public Service | $75,524 | −$601 (−0.8%) |
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Questions and answers
What is the median salary for a Engineering Technician in British Columbia’s public sector?
$81,972 among the 16 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 Engineering Technician on the list earn?
Half were paid between $80,433 and $89,179 in 2026; the highest salary was $123,303.
Which employer has the most people with the title Engineering Technician?
BC Public Service, with 16 on the 2026 list.
How many people with the title Engineering Technician are on the list?
16 in 2026, up from 7 in 2018.
How does Engineering Technician pay compare with the whole list?
Its median, $81,972, is 14.8% below the median of everyone on the 2026 list ($96,267).
How much does a Engineering Technician make at BC Public Service?
The median salary of the 16 people with this title at BC Public Service was $81,972 in 2026.
Has Engineering Technician pay gone up?
The median fell 2.0% from 2025 ($83,606) to 2026. In 2018 it was $84,139.
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.