PEA Legal Counsel Level 1 salary in British Columbia
33 people with this title were paid $75,000 or more in 2026. Half earned between $118,956 and $146,481.
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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| 2025 | $127,924 | $130,644 |
| 2026 | $137,722 | $137,722 |
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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 PEA Legal Counsel Level 1 in British Columbia’s public sector?
$137,722 among the 33 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 PEA Legal Counsel Level 1 on the list earn?
Half were paid between $118,956 and $146,481 in 2026; the highest salary was $224,135.
Which employer has the most people with the title PEA Legal Counsel Level 1?
BC Public Service, with 33 on the 2026 list.
How many people with the title PEA Legal Counsel Level 1 are on the list?
33 in 2026, up from 21 in 2025.
What share of people with the title PEA Legal Counsel Level 1 are paid $150,000 or more?
18% of those on the 2026 list (6 people), and 3% $200,000 or more (1).
How does PEA Legal Counsel Level 1 pay compare with the whole list?
Its median, $137,722, is 42.5% above the median of everyone on the 2026 list ($96,648).
How much does a PEA Legal Counsel Level 1 make at BC Public Service?
The median salary of the 33 people with this title at BC Public Service was $137,722 in 2026.
Has PEA Legal Counsel Level 1 pay gone up?
The median rose 7.7% from 2025 ($127,924) to 2026.
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.