Ministerial Advisor salary in British Columbia
36 people with this title were paid $75,000 or more in 2026. Half earned between $79,836 and $86,915.
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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| 2021 | $78,261 | $93,689 |
| 2022 | $80,072 | $93,251 |
| 2023 | $80,977 | $88,212 |
| 2024 | $81,457 | $85,390 |
| 2025 | $83,187 | $84,956 |
| 2026 | $83,770 | $83,770 |
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People with this title by salary, 2026.
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Questions and answers
What is the median salary for a Ministerial Advisor in British Columbia’s public sector?
$83,770 among the 36 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 Ministerial Advisor on the list earn?
Half were paid between $79,836 and $86,915 in 2026; the highest salary was $92,501.
Which employer has the most people with the title Ministerial Advisor?
Order-in-Council appointees and other staff, with 36 on the 2026 list.
How many people with the title Ministerial Advisor are on the list?
36 in 2026, up from 9 in 2021.
How does Ministerial Advisor pay compare with the whole list?
Its median, $83,770, is 13.3% below the median of everyone on the 2026 list ($96,648).
How much does a Ministerial Advisor make at Order-in-Council appointees and other staff?
The median salary of the 36 people with this title at Order-in-Council appointees and other staff was $83,770 in 2026.
Has Ministerial Advisor pay gone up?
The median rose 0.7% from 2025 ($83,187) to 2026. In 2021 it was $78,261.
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.