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Senior Investigator salary in British Columbia

21 people with this title were paid $75,000 or more in 2026. Half earned between $85,204 and $91,900.

Median salary
$89,662
+0.8% vs 2025
People on the list
21
Middle half
$85.2K–$91.9K
Highest
$114,753

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$82,231$110,642
2014$91,694$123,479
2015$94,445$125,900
2016$94,200$124,215
2017$93,784$121,444
2018
2019
2020$80,490$97,090
2021$85,180$101,972
2022$78,311$91,200
2023$83,154$90,584
2024$88,944$93,239
2025$88,936$90,828
2026$89,662$89,662

Pay bands

People with this title by salary, 2026.

$100K–$125K3
$125K–$150K0
$150K–$200K0
$200K–$300K0
$300K or more0

Employers with the most

Highest paid in 2026

#NameEmployerGross salaryChange
1Shannon HodgeBC Public Service$114,753+$3,615 (+3.3%)
2Sherry Gaboury–WigleyBC Public Service$103,721+$13,375 (+14.8%)
3Carmen Marie SolowoniukBC Public Service$100,129+$8,746 (+9.6%)
4Nidhan RikhiaBC Public Service$95,734+$7,863 (+8.9%)
5Daryl CreightonBC Public Service$95,521+$2,871 (+3.1%)
6Olivia ComeauBC Public Service$91,900−$10,838 (−10.5%)
7Alfred David SteinhauserBC Public Service$91,857−$1,141 (−1.2%)
8Nassim Diana NowshadiBC Public Service$91,368+$8,048 (+9.7%)
9Brian G A MurrayBC Public Service$90,135+$566 (+0.6%)
10Jeffrey HodgsonBC Public Service$89,827+$1,523 (+1.7%)
11Shabnam SafarkhahBC Public Service$89,662−$13,901 (−13.4%)
12Kelley SchedewitzBC Public Service$88,278+$9,632 (+12.2%)
13Susan DysonBC Public Service$88,118+$2,321 (+2.7%)
14Alex StokesBC Public Service$87,621−$34,613 (−28.3%)
15Erick BessantBC Public Service$85,539+$6,403 (+8.1%)
16Jasprit ManderBC Public Service$85,204new
17Heather CuffBC Public Service$83,341+$3,109 (+3.9%)
18Denise JohnsonBC Public Service$83,136−$6,717 (−7.5%)
19Tanya VarastehBC Public Service$82,963−$1,655 (−2.0%)
20Michelle BhatiaBC Public Service$81,522−$4,743 (−5.5%)
21Pavlina JarvisBC Public Service$76,515−$925 (−1.2%)

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Questions and answers

What is the median salary for a Senior Investigator in British Columbia’s public sector?

$89,662 among the 21 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 Senior Investigator on the list earn?

Half were paid between $85,204 and $91,900 in 2026; the highest salary was $114,753.

Which employer has the most people with the title Senior Investigator?

BC Public Service, with 21 on the 2026 list.

How many people with the title Senior Investigator are on the list?

21 in 2026, up from 7 in 2013.

How does Senior Investigator pay compare with the whole list?

Its median, $89,662, is 6.9% below the median of everyone on the 2026 list ($96,267).

How much does a Senior Investigator make at BC Public Service?

The median salary of the 21 people with this title at BC Public Service was $89,662 in 2026.

Has Senior Investigator pay gone up?

The median rose 0.8% from 2025 ($88,936) to 2026. In 2013 it was $82,231.

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.