Question 1

What is the median salary for a CIVIL ENGINEER I in British Columbia’s public sector?

Accepted Answer

$105,895 among the 106 people with this title on the 2025 list. Only people paid $75,000 or more are listed, so this is not the median for everyone in the job.

Question 2

How much do most people with the title CIVIL ENGINEER I on the list earn?

Accepted Answer

Half were paid between $92,135 and $114,759 in 2025; the highest salary was $132,025.

Question 3

Which employer has the most people with the title CIVIL ENGINEER I?

Accepted Answer

City of Vancouver, with 106 on the 2025 list.

Question 4

How many people with the title CIVIL ENGINEER I are on the list?

Accepted Answer

106 in 2025, up from 7 in 2008.

Question 5

How does CIVIL ENGINEER I pay compare with the whole list?

Accepted Answer

Its median, $105,895, is 1.1% below the median of everyone on the 2025 list ($107,115).

Question 6

How much does a CIVIL ENGINEER I make at City of Vancouver?

Accepted Answer

The median salary of the 106 people with this title at City of Vancouver was $105,895 in 2025.

Question 7

Has CIVIL ENGINEER I pay gone up?

Accepted Answer

The median rose 3.8% from 2024 ($102,051) to 2025. In 2008 it was $83,852.

Question 8

What is “remuneration”?

Accepted Answer

The one pay figure each city publishes for each person, its remuneration, shown as published. Victoria also lists taxable benefits and payouts, and expenses, in separate columns, which are not shown; Vancouver's remuneration includes payouts. How the lists work

Question 9

Why is someone not on the list?

Accepted Answer

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.

Year	Median	In 2025 dollars
2008	$83,852	$118,349
2009	$86,709	$122,381
2010	$89,823	$125,105
2011	$91,823	$124,927
2012	$87,271	$117,423
2013	$90,714	$122,160
2014	$89,312	$119,058
2015	$96,557	$127,323
2016	$91,708	$118,756
2017	$89,704	$113,744
2018	$91,636	$113,118
2019	$90,155	$108,749
2020	$86,458	$103,501
2021	$86,887	$101,187
2022	$91,431	$99,600
2023	$99,127	$103,913
2024	$102,051	$104,220
2025	$105,895	$105,895

#	Name	Employer	Remuneration	Change
1	D Mendis	City of Vancouver	$132,025	+$23,096 (+21.2%)
2	P Roman	City of Vancouver	$130,645	new
3	J Edgar	City of Vancouver	$124,153	+$482 (+0.4%)
4	D Qian	City of Vancouver	$123,800	+$1,272 (+1.0%)
5	K Tseng	City of Vancouver	$123,698	+$1,050 (+0.9%)
6	S Islam	City of Vancouver	$123,377	+$2,349 (+1.9%)
7	C Li	City of Vancouver	$123,356	+$3,663 (+3.1%)
8	J Eccles	City of Vancouver	$123,131	+$3,016 (+2.5%)
9	B Faught	City of Vancouver	$122,033	+$3,004 (+2.5%)
10	B Jellicoe	City of Vancouver	$121,145	+$20,636 (+20.5%)
11	N Sharma	City of Vancouver	$120,132	new
12	V Lisovskiy	City of Vancouver	$120,132	+$2,967 (+2.5%)
13	A Merchant	City of Vancouver	$119,680	+$2,918 (+2.5%)
14	B Kukreja	City of Vancouver	$119,442	+$2,928 (+2.5%)
15	E Afghan	City of Vancouver	$119,423	+$1,378 (+1.2%)
16	K Eckart	City of Vancouver	$119,325	+$5,092 (+4.5%)
17	S Yee	City of Vancouver	$119,125	+$1,991 (+1.7%)
18	Y Chen	City of Vancouver	$119,041	new
19	Y Yu	City of Vancouver	$117,296	+$2,873 (+2.5%)
20	A Huo	City of Vancouver	$117,019	+$6,018 (+5.4%)
21	A Singh	City of Vancouver	$116,869	+$3,300 (+2.9%)
22	T Cao	City of Vancouver	$116,713	+$2,792 (+2.5%)
23	J Mei	City of Vancouver	$116,537	+$2,727 (+2.4%)
24	E Bonderud	City of Vancouver	$116,347	+$2,767 (+2.4%)
25	J A Javison	City of Vancouver	$115,983	+$2,843 (+2.5%)
26	I D Rodriguez	City of Vancouver	$115,351	+$4,345 (+3.9%)
27	G Fonseca	City of Vancouver	$114,759	+$6,352 (+5.9%)
28	E Rafizadehkejani	City of Vancouver	$114,630	+$2,482 (+2.2%)
29	D Wong	City of Vancouver	$114,499	new
30	P Chow	City of Vancouver	$113,405	+$5,105 (+4.7%)
31	A Zhao	City of Vancouver	$113,080	new
32	D Meehan	City of Vancouver	$113,008	new
33	X Zhang	City of Vancouver	$112,884	new
34	T Teymourian	City of Vancouver	$112,884	new
35	M Plummer	City of Vancouver	$112,884	new
36	M Marchetta	City of Vancouver	$111,673	+$2,321 (+2.1%)
37	J Takhar	City of Vancouver	$111,376	+$5,561 (+5.3%)
38	T Zhao	City of Vancouver	$111,261	new
39	Q Bradley	City of Vancouver	$111,211	new
40	J Zhou	City of Vancouver	$110,725	+$5,533 (+5.3%)
41	D Sharma	City of Vancouver	$110,539	new
42	R V Pasqua	City of Vancouver	$110,037	−$7,708 (−6.5%)
43	Z Yang	City of Vancouver	$109,927	+$4,626 (+4.4%)
44	B Wu	City of Vancouver	$109,676	+$10,094 (+10.1%)
45	W Hynes	City of Vancouver	$109,011	new
46	A Chen	City of Vancouver	$107,996	new
47	H Kim	City of Vancouver	$107,455	new
48	H Lin	City of Vancouver	$107,427	new
49	J Ma	City of Vancouver	$106,805	−$15,843 (−12.9%)
50	C Liang	City of Vancouver	$106,522	new

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