Public sector salaries by city
5,875 of the 5,875 people on British Columbia’s 2025 list work for employers based in one of 2 cities.
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Questions and answers
Which city has the most public employees on the list?
Vancouver: 5,168 people at employers based there were paid $75,000 or more in 2025.
Which city has the highest median salary on the list?
Vancouver, $108,724 in 2025, among cities with 100 or more people on the list.
How are employers placed in a city?
By the employer’s own name (“City of Ottawa”, “Regional Municipality of Peel”), by where its schools are for a school board or division, or its sites for a hospital or care home (Statistics Canada’s educational and healthcare facility databases), or by its main campus for a university or college. People are counted where their employer is based, not where they live or 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.