Human Resources Specialist salary in British Columbia
19 people with this title were paid $75,000 or more in 2026. Half earned between $87,384 and $98,179.
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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| 2022 | $81,459 | $94,866 |
| 2023 | $85,745 | $93,406 |
| 2024 | $89,744 | $94,076 |
| 2025 | $91,754 | $93,705 |
| 2026 | $89,342 | $89,342 |
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 | Brenda Savoie | BC Public Service | $102,630 | +$749 (+0.7%) |
| 2 | Bev Wendt | BC Public Service | $101,951 | +$800 (+0.8%) |
| 3 | Caryl A Lau | BC Public Service | $101,451 | +$795 (+0.8%) |
| 4 | Tara Sandhu | BC Public Service | $98,363 | +$3,576 (+3.8%) |
| 5 | Diana Smith | BC Public Service | $98,179 | +$689 (+0.7%) |
| 6 | Patricia Agno | BC Public Service | $97,786 | +$437 (+0.4%) |
| 7 | Kim Suzanne Sullivan | BC Public Service | $96,679 | +$758 (+0.8%) |
| 8 | Landen Lacroix | BC Public Service | $92,908 | +$729 (+0.8%) |
| 9 | Kent I DeWolfe | BC Public Service | $92,434 | +$1,715 (+1.9%) |
| 10 | Lora Britton | BC Public Service | $89,342 | −$2,412 (−2.6%) |
| 11 | Joanne Wilde | BC Public Service | $88,742 | +$689 (+0.8%) |
| 12 | Leandra MacKenzie Burns | BC Public Service | $88,663 | new |
| 13 | Shivneer Sidhu | BC Public Service | $88,474 | new |
| 14 | Erin Ruth Martin | BC Public Service | $88,436 | new |
| 15 | Anna Wierenga | BC Public Service | $87,384 | new |
| 16 | Brent Lau | BC Public Service | $87,250 | +$991 (+1.1%) |
| 17 | Katherine Foster | BC Public Service | $85,096 | +$982 (+1.2%) |
| 18 | Wendy Heshka | BC Public Service | $83,634 | new |
| 19 | Rain Jes Scott | BC Public Service | $82,549 |
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Questions and answers
What is the median salary for a Human Resources Specialist in British Columbia’s public sector?
$89,342 among the 19 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 Human Resources Specialist on the list earn?
Half were paid between $87,384 and $98,179 in 2026; the highest salary was $102,630.
Which employer has the most people with the title Human Resources Specialist?
BC Public Service, with 19 on the 2026 list.
How many people with the title Human Resources Specialist are on the list?
19 in 2026, up from 16 in 2022.
How does Human Resources Specialist pay compare with the whole list?
Its median, $89,342, is 7.2% below the median of everyone on the 2026 list ($96,267).
How much does a Human Resources Specialist make at BC Public Service?
The median salary of the 19 people with this title at BC Public Service was $89,342 in 2026.
Has Human Resources Specialist pay gone up?
The median fell 2.6% from 2025 ($91,754) to 2026. In 2022 it was $81,459.
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.