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Program Advisor salary in British Columbia

34 people with this title were paid $75,000 or more in 2026. Half earned between $78,007 and $85,482.

Median salary
$84,406
+0.3% vs 2025
People on the list
34
Middle half
$78.0K–$85.5K
Highest
$117,447

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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YearMedianIn 2025 dollars
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017$77,678$100,588
2018
2019$81,012$100,003
2020$80,676$97,315
2021
2022$79,628$92,734
2023$78,883$85,931
2024$81,568$85,506
2025$84,120$85,908
2026$84,406$84,406

Pay bands

People with this title by salary, 2026.

$100K–$125K1
$125K–$150K0
$150K–$200K0
$200K–$300K0
$300K or more0

Employers with the most

BC Public Service34

Highest paid in 2026

#NameEmployerGross salaryChange
1Michael ThompsonBC Public Service$117,447+$1,505 (+1.3%)
2Benjamin Tongqing GuoBC Public Service$95,309+$657 (+0.7%)
3Michael WidemanBC Public Service$93,389+$1,057 (+1.1%)
4Daniela Al–KuwatliBC Public Service$91,606+$719 (+0.8%)
5Sun Mi GillBC Public Service$91,606+$719 (+0.8%)
6Vincent TongBC Public Service$85,944+$6,697 (+8.5%)
7Mark KrenzlerBC Public Service$85,715−$143 (−0.2%)
8Eric PascuaBC Public Service$85,504+$3,473 (+4.2%)
9Lara Jolene WilliamsBC Public Service$85,482+$1,662 (+2.0%)
10Gordon ChanBC Public Service$85,471+$671 (+0.8%)
11Lily LuongBC Public Service$85,471+$671 (+0.8%)
12Gerna Joan Gatchalian MangilitBC Public Service$85,471+$671 (+0.8%)
13Alexander StewartBC Public Service$85,471+$537 (+0.6%)
14Sally Thuy Hoang TongBC Public Service$85,471+$591 (+0.7%)
15Mukko GillBC Public Service$85,469+$100 (+0.1%)
16Tania LauBC Public Service$85,286+$2,549 (+3.1%)
17Salima JamalBC Public Service$84,445−$805 (−0.9%)
18Melissa SaleBC Public Service$84,366+$1,732 (+2.1%)
19Nicholas BirchBC Public Service$83,530−$889 (−1.1%)
20Bomin KangBC Public Service$81,567+$781 (+1.0%)
21Judith HewkoBC Public Service$81,458+$682 (+0.8%)
22Dimitri ThalakadaBC Public Service$80,816−$5,449 (−6.3%)
23Lawrence LeonorBC Public Service$80,799−$1,927 (−2.3%)
24John A BelenBC Public Service$80,473+$152 (+0.2%)
25Angela Umuhoza KarangwaBC Public Service$78,496−$1,266 (−1.6%)
26Meaad AlharbiBC Public Service$78,007−$3,310 (−4.1%)
27Patrick MichaudBC Public Service$77,772new
28Giselle YipBC Public Service$77,628−$5,407 (−6.5%)
29Jean PenolaBC Public Service$77,264new
30Titus Che–Chiu YipBC Public Service$77,251−$5,051 (−6.1%)
31Erin WaughBC Public Service$76,688new
32Elizabeth WoodsBC Public Service$76,264
33Yehee ChaBC Public Service$75,685−$2,379 (−3.0%)
34Emily YoungBC Public Service$75,014−$1,617 (−2.1%)

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Questions and answers

What is the median salary for a Program Advisor in British Columbia’s public sector?

$84,406 among the 34 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 Program Advisor on the list earn?

Half were paid between $78,007 and $85,482 in 2026; the highest salary was $117,447.

Which employer has the most people with the title Program Advisor?

BC Public Service, with 34 on the 2026 list.

How many people with the title Program Advisor are on the list?

34 in 2026, up from 5 in 2017.

How does Program Advisor pay compare with the whole list?

Its median, $84,406, is 12.3% below the median of everyone on the 2026 list ($96,267).

How much does a Program Advisor make at BC Public Service?

The median salary of the 34 people with this title at BC Public Service was $84,406 in 2026.

Has Program Advisor pay gone up?

The median rose 0.3% from 2025 ($84,120) to 2026. In 2017 it was $77,678.

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.