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Carolyn Patricia Bell

Executive Director at BC Public Service. On British Columbia’s salary disclosure list 15 years between 2008 and 2022.

Salary disclosure2022
Carolyn Patricia Bell
Executive Director
BC Public Service
Gross salary
$87,388.00
Source: Government of British Columbia, Financial Information Act. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Change from 2021: −$38,670 (−30.7%)
15years on
the list

Among 78 people with the title “Executive Director” in 2022

Paid more than 1% of them. Their median: $124,202.

Among 13,983 people at BC Public Service in 2022

7,763rd highest paid. Their median: $89,725.

Paid more than 44% of everyone on the 2022 salary disclosure list, which only lists people paid $75,000 or more.

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Gross salary by year

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YearGross salaryMedian for the job
2008$92,839$84,745
2009$101,045$101,755
2010$102,174$104,184
2011$102,270$104,594
2012$120,774$108,400
2013$107,681
2014$108,479
2015$113,070
2016$118,299
2017$118,746
2018$119,226$112,801
2019$119,406$114,521
2020$122,601$120,752
2021$126,058$123,178
2022$87,388$124,202

History

YearEmployer and jobGross salaryIn 2025 dollarsChange
2022BC Public ServiceExecutive Director$87,388$101,771−$38,670 (−30.7%)
2021BC Public ServiceExecutive Director$126,058$150,908+$3,457 (+2.8%)
2020BC Public ServiceExecutive Director$122,601$147,886+$3,195 (+2.7%)
2019BC Public ServiceExecutive Director$119,406$147,398+$180 (+0.2%)
2018BC Public ServiceExecutive Director$119,226$151,179+$480 (+0.4%)
2017BC Public ServiceExec Dir, Genetic Services$118,746$153,768+$447 (+0.4%)
2016BC Public ServiceExec Dir – Stake & Part Relat$118,299$155,993+$5,229 (+4.6%)
2015BC Public ServiceExec Dir – Stake & Part Relat$113,070$150,728+$4,591 (+4.2%)
2014BC Public ServiceExec Dir - Stake & Part Relat$108,479$146,083+$798 (+0.7%)
2013BC Public ServiceExec Dir - Stake & Part Relat$107,681$144,885−$13,093 (−10.8%)
2012BC Public ServiceExecutive Director$120,774$164,315+$18,504 (+18.1%)
2011BC Public ServiceExecutive Director$102,270$142,441+$96 (+0.1%)
2010BC Public ServiceExecutive Director$102,174$144,208+$1,129 (+1.1%)
2009BC Public ServiceExecutive Director$101,045$142,615+$8,206 (+8.8%)
2008BC Public Service$92,839$133,773

In 2025 dollars: each year’s pay at 2025 prices, 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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Questions and answers

Why is Carolyn Patricia Bell on the salary disclosure list?

BC Public Service paid Carolyn Patricia Bell $87,388 in 2022. British Columbia’s public employers must disclose everyone they paid $75,000 or more in a fiscal year, under the Financial Information Act.

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

What do the comparisons mean?

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